First Steps Guide

How do I get started with the dietary principles you recommend?

• Buy a copy of the book Nourishing Traditions to serve as a foundational guide and cookbook.  Read about how the book has had a lasting impact on me and community members in my 10 year anniversary post.
• Donate to receive our educational materials!
• Read the overview booklet Healthy 4 Life which you may download for free.
• Join your local Weston A. Price Foundation chapter for free! Join the international organization as a member to receive the yearly shopping guide and quarterly Wise Traditions magazine.
• Join our Facebook group for support.
• We encourage you to start with a single item from the list below and create changes one step at a time. These are not listed in any particular order.

Eliminate all commercially processed soy foods from your household.

See more on the topic discussed on our blog and on Facebook:

• Overview
• Modern vs. Traditional
• Traditional in Asia?
• Edamame?

Replace sugar with natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw local honey, grade B maple syrup, rapadura and sucanat.

See more on the topic discussed on our blog and on Facebook:

• Overview
• Chocolate
• Avoid Xylitol
• Fermented Honey
• Toothpaste
• Maple Syrup

Replace fruit juices with lacto-fermented beverages, such as kombucha, traditionally made ginger ale and beet kvass.

See more on the topic discussed on the Weston A Price Foundation’s website and on Facebook:

• 10 reasons we don’t recommend fruit juice, even if it is organic, and even if it is fresh squeezed
• Overview on Lacto-Fermentation
• Food Feature on Lacto–Fermented Beverages
• Whey – which is found in a number of beverage recipes
• Kombucha
• More on Kombucha
• Coconut Water Kefir
• Kefir Sodas
• Quick Soda
• Food feature on Beet Kvass and Kombucha

Replace poly-unsaturated vegetable oils and trans fats with traditional fats such as raw and cultured butter, olive oil, sesame seed oil, coconut oil, lard, chicken fat, tallow, etc.

See more on the topic discussed on our blog, on the Weston A. Price Foundation’s website and on Facebook:

• Overview 
• Avocado Oil
• Butter
• Coconut Oil
• Know Your Fats
• The Skinny on Fats
• Frequently Asked Questions about Fats and Oils

Replace industrially produced breakfast cereals with nutrient dense eggs from hens on pasture, bacon, homemade kefir, whole milk yogurt, and soaked oatmeal.

See more on the topic discussed on our blog and on Facebook:

• Cereal
• Bacon
• Favorite Breakfasts
• Homemade Cereal

Replace pasteurized dairy products with raw and cultured dairy.

See raw milk sources listed on the Real Milk website. See more on the topic discussed on Facebook and on our blog:

• Are there any substitutes for raw milk?
• Raw Milk Safety
• Pathogens
• Lactose Intolerance
• Raw Cheese
• Avoid Low Fat / Skim Milk
• Got Real Milk? 
• Response to the FDA
• Homemade Kefir

Replace processed, convenience foods [boxed, packaged, prepared and canned food items] with fresh, organic, whole foods.

See more on the topic discussed on Facebook:

• Overview
• Organic History
• Homemade Ice Cream
• Homemade Popsicles
• Homemade Salad Dressing
• Avoid Protein Powders
• More on Protein Powders
• Name This Product

Take your daily dose of high vitamin cod liver oil – with no synthetics added, in addition to high vitamin butter oil. 

See recommended brands. See more on the topic discussed on Facebook:

• Overview
• History of Cod Liver Oil
• Industrialization of Cod Liver Oil

How to Take It:

• Green Pasture Products’ recommendations
• How to take your fermented cod liver oil article
• Video: toddler takes it from the spoon and asks for more
• Video: another child takes it from the spoon followed by milk
• Video: older child takes his cod liver oil

Have you integrated some or all of these recommendations? What was your first step?

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