Weston A. Price Quotes

Who was Weston A. Price?

Weston Andrew Valleau Price was a Canadian dentist known primarily for his theories on the relationship between nutrition, dental health, and physical health.

In 1939 Preston released his controversial book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects'.

Born September 6, 1870
Died January 23, 1948
Aged 77 years old

Books by Weston A. Price


Best Quotes by Weston A. Price

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Quotes

“Dental caries or tooth decay is recognized as affecting more individuals throughout the so-called civilized world today than any other affection.”

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

“Since our orthodox theories have not saved us we may have to readjust them to bring them into harmony with Nature's laws. Nature must be obeyed, not orthodoxy.”

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

“Students of history have continually commented upon the superior teeth of the so-called savages including the human types that have preceded our modernized groups. While dental caries has been found occasionally in several animal species through the recent geologic ages, the teeth of the human species have been comparatively free from dental caries.

Primitive human beings have been freer from the disease than has contemporary animal life. This absence of tooth decay among primitive races has been so striking a characteristic of human kind that many commentators have referred to it as a strikingly modern disease.”

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

“The quality of our food determines in large part the quality of our lives. And the quality of what we eat is determined by every step that goes into production and processing – the feeding of the animals, care of the soil, preservation, storage and even cooking methods.”

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

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