Perfectly Interesting News – The Best Health, Nutrition, and Wellness Tips from March 2015

Welcome to the March 2015 collection of Perfectly Interesting News! Each month, we are going to gather the most interesting health and wellness news, petitions worth signing, and blogs, books, and podcasts worth checking out! Articles Worth Reading How Much is the Health of Our Children Worth? Is sugar packed soda and fluorescent orange processed cheese good for our children? Obviously not- so why are nutritionists and registered dietitians endorsing…

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Sleep More, Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Feel Great!

Sometimes we over complicate things.  In our quest to lose weight, get in shape and feel better we try all types of complicated solutions.  We hear about the latest fitness fad, hit the gym longer and harder, yet still don’t see the results we want.  What’s the problem? Our sleep patterns. Sleep Smarter – A New Book that Reveals the Secret to Health and Wellness Sleep. Sure, we all know…

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Book Review – The Fateful Fork

The Fateful Fork – Each Bite of Food Takes You to Disease…or Health written by Eve Gabriel, M.S. clearly explains why “cheap” food isn’t really cheap if it makes you sick. Medication, doctors, and hospital visits due to poor dietary choices are very expensive (heart burn, headaches, allergies, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc). Making Better Choices There is no doubt that the fresh-picked apple from the local orchard is…

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The 4-Hour Body Diet, Weston A. Price and Grass-Fed Meat

In my previous post we looked at the similarities found in the Weston A. Price Foundation and The 4-Hour Body for recommendations for dietary supplements. In this post we will focus on food, particularly, the most nutritious way to enjoy protein. Eat Your Meat In one of the first posts I ever wrote I mentioned this very topic in a book review of Nourishing Traditions, written by Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation. As…

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Weston A. Price Recommended Supplements Noted in The 4-Hour Body

Bestselling author, Timothy Ferriss, has written a new book entitled The 4-Hour Body; An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman. A compelling title. 4-Hour Body Recommends Supplements for Fat-Loss Interestingly, Mr. Ferriss recommends some of the same dietary supplements as Weston A. Price. To prevent obesity, the author recommends increasing “good gut bacteria.” Once again, Timothy is in agreement with the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon, in her book,…

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Weston A. Price Foundation 2011 Shopping Guide Now Available

Did you get your copy of the 2011 Weston A. Price Foundation Shopping Guide? This little pocket guide is loaded with useful information about where to find the healthiest foods and which foods to avoid. Weston A. Price was a dentist who traveled around the world to find the healthiest people on the planet, and study what they ate. The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) is dedicated to sharing the information Dr. Price observed through education, research,…

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Weston A Price Recommends Supplements for Weight Loss

Sally Fallon, the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation co-authored a book entitled Eat Fat Lose Fat (read the book review). When I wrote the book review six months ago, I said I was going to try it and get back to you with the results. At the time, my weight had been creeping up to about ten pounds more than my normal weight, and ten pounds is enough to make…

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Eat Fat to Lose Fat? – Book Review

Dr. Mary Enig, International expert on fats, and Sally Fallon, the President of The Weston A. Price Foundation, have written a book entitled EAT FAT, LOSE FAT. The title seems like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Even the USDA food pyramid only includes a sliver of fats. If you were a teenager in the 80’s (like me), you have lived the last two decades being told to “Lose Weight by Eating…

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