There are so many wonderful books that we would like to recommend! Many of us started this path after reading Nourishing Traditions. The first 60 pages are a wonderful introduction to the Weston A. Price Foundation principles, and the remainder contains many practical recipes.
We recommend the following books
The Book That Started It All: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS
Essentials:
- Read the Healthy 4 Life booklet online or download it.
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, PhD (First 60 pages explain the Weston Price principles, then the rest are recipes and menus. Note two index…one by topic and one for recipes.)
Understanding Fats and Carbohydrates:
- Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
- The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov
- Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life by Christian B Allen, PhD and Wolfgang Lutz, MD
- Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon & Mary Enig, PhD
- Know Your Fats by Mary Enig
Great Recipes:
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, PhD
- The Whole Beast by Fergus Henderson
- Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice
History and Politics of Raw Milk:
- The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid, ND
Fermentation:
- Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz
- The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, PhD
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fermenting Foods by Wardeh Harmon
Tooth Care:
- Cure Tooth Decay by Ramiel Nagel
Heart Disease:
- Put Your Heart in Your Mouth by Natasha Campbell-McBride
- The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov
- Human Heart, Cosmic Heart by Thomas Cowan, M.D.
The Ethics, Health Effects and Environmental Cost of Eating Meat vs. Grains
- The Vegetarian Myths by Lierre Keith
A GMO primer:
- Seeds of Deception by Jeffery Smith
Digestion and Total Health
- Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride
- GAPS Guide by Baden Lashkov
Babies and Children:
- The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care by Sally Fallon Morell & Thomas S. Cowan, MD
- Super Nutrition for Babies by Katherine Erlich, MD & Kelly Genzlinger, CNC, CMTA
Thumbs-Up Reviews and DVDs by The Weston A. Price Foundation:
Please see the Thumbs-Up Reviews in the Wise Traditions journal for all WAPF recommended books.
Books Our Chapter Has Had For Sale at Our Chapter Meetings
- Your Successful Farm Business: Production, Profit and Pleasure, by Joel Salatin, Jan 2018
- The Art of Natural Cheesemaking: Using Traditional, Non-Industrial Methods and Raw Ingredients to Make the World’s Best Cheeses, by David Asher
- The Market Gardener, by Jon Martin Fourtier
- Four Fold Path to Healing, by Tom Cowan
- The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook for Children: Teaching Children to Cook the Nourishing Traditions Way, by Suzanne Gross and Sally Fallon Morell
- Homegrown Humus: Cover Crops in a No-Till Garden (Permaculture Gardener Book #1), by Anna Hess
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