Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
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New Expanded 8th edition with new photos and text.
An epic study demonstrating the importance of whole food nutrition, and the degeneration and destruction that comes from a diet of processed foods.
For nearly 10 years, Weston Price and his wife traveled around the world in search of the secret to health. Instead of looking at people afflicted with disease symptoms, this highly-respected dentist and dental researcher chose to focus on healthy individuals, and challenged himself to understand how they achieved such amazing health. Dr. Price traveled to hundreds of cities in a total of 14 different countries in his search to find healthy people. He investigated some of the most remote areas in the world. He observed perfect dental arches, minimal tooth decay, high immunity to tuberculosis and overall excellent health in those groups of people who ate their indigenous foods. He found when these people were introduced to modernized foods, such as white flour, white sugar, refined vegetable oils and canned goods, signs of degeneration quickly became quite evident. Dental caries, deformed jaw structures, crooked teeth, arthritis and a low immunity to tuberculosis became rampant amongst them. Dr. Price documented this ancestral wisdom including hundreds of photos in his book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers and other readers generally describe Nutrition and Physical Degeneration as a classic, influential health book with strong praise for its historical research and warnings about processed foods. Many comments highlight its arguments about traditional diets, dental health, and nutrient-dense foods, while some readers treat it more as a foundational nutrition text than a modern scientific guide.
On Reddit and in broader discussion threads, people commonly note that the book is eye-opening, especially for readers interested in ancestral diets, but they also point out that some claims feel dated or need to be read in context. Review blogs and video discussions often frame it as a must-read for fans of Weston A. Price’s ideas and as a book that helped popularize interest in whole foods, fat-soluble vitamins, and traditional eating patterns.
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Specifications
| Topic | Nutrition |
Product Details
| Publisher | Price Pottenger Nutrition |
| Publication date | January 1, 2009 |
| Edition | 8th |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 528 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0916764206 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0916764203 |
| Item Weight | 1.8 pounds |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 x 1 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #34,907 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #19 in Vitamins & Supplements (Books) #231 in Other Diet Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,201) |
