Paleo v. Weston A. Price Diet

Fascinating interview. Sally Fallon Morrell explains that if you take a lot of Vitamin D (presumably D3) supplements that it depletes your Vitamin A stores. You want your Vitamin A, so don't over do it with Vitamin D3.

A lot of exercise will deplete Vitamin A.  Lean meats, Vitamin D supplements, lots of exercise, and no sources of Vitamin A in the diet.  If you take a lot of A it will deplete Vitamin D.

Loren Cardain? 

Lean meats deplete Vitamin A.

The last thing that ancient people would eat was lean meat.  They wanted the older animals--buffalo or caribou--for the build-up of fat along the spine.  These older animals would produce about 80 lbs of fat. The first thing they would do is eat the fatty organs--the brain, the liver, the tongue, and marrow, which is 90% fat.  

Lean meats were storage foods, like jerky.  Fat was poured into a bag to saturate the lean meats.

People on paleo are getting some gout because they need fats.  

Natural sources of Vitamin D?  Fats, organ meats, blood, egg yolks, fish live oils (A & D in balance). This is  Too much D without the A and K can lead to calcification of the arteries and heart disease.  

Fish oils are bad because they can go rancid easily.  Lots of polyunsaturated.  They are boiled at 230° for hours.  

Vitamin A, DHA, and EPA will be protected.  The liver is used to ferment inside the shark's stomach.  The oil from the liver of the fish is prized for its fertility capability.  Fermentation allows you to get the oil out of the cells without chemicals or without heat.

Anti-liver campaign for 40 or 60 years.  WWII pregnant women were encouraged to eat liver. Vitamin content in organ meats is 10 to 1000 times that which you'd find in muscle meats.

The best organ meats are poultry because of the nice balance of A, D, & K. Most nutritious parts of the animal.  The best are chicken, duck, goose, and turkey liver because of the nice balance of A, D, & K.  

Vitamin K, natto, soy food from Japan.

Natto

Goose liver, duck liver, and emu oil are high in vitamin K.  Hard cheese is a good source of K.  Cheese is a wonderful food for Westerners.  

Grains?  Prepare them with a fermentation process and the vitamin content goes way up.

African diet is low in protein.  But high in A, D, & K.  Lots of fermented beverages.  Really sour beverages.  Because they're fermented--a great source of K and B.  Grains are best when fermented. Eat them fermented.

Can't let the wisdom of ancient cultures die.  Human beings have eaten everything.  Throughout the world.  We like to say

Dairy--raw, full fat, pastured.  

Fermenting grains.  Oatmeal.  The night before put oatmeal in warm water with something acidic--a tablespoon of lemon, or vinegar, and leave it on the counter overnight.  Next day, cook it with salt and that oatmeal will give you a lot of energy. [PS, as of this edit (5/31/2024) I no longer eat any grains.]  Once the grains are soaked you will not have any allergic reaction to them.

Genuine sourdough, not sourdough that just adds vinegar to make it sour.  Genuine sourdough means no allergic reactions.  

Make your own bone broth.  Every culture made use of the bones--broth or ground it up.  The glycine balances the myethene in meat.  It makes it easier to deal with stress and creates mental balance.  Great for the gut to heal.  Save up bones or buy them.  Put them in the slow cooker, a splash of vinegar, and that's it.  Sauces and gravies.  Bone-based sauces make food taste delicious.  

Unrefined salt is preferred.  Even table salt is okay.  Make sure you get 1.5 tablespoons of salt.  

Carbohydrates?  A small amount is fine.  May need them for thyroid health. 

Paleo has very little calcium from plant foods.  She needed braces.  Her parents grew up on cod liver oil.  

Bone brother builds cartilage and collagen framework.