Healing Arts Press
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Rochester, Vermont 05767
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Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2015 by Ronald F. Schmid
Photographs by Weston Price, courtesy of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
Originally published in 1987 by Ocean View Publications under the title Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Health and Longevity with the Animal, Sea, and Vegetable Foods of Our Ancestors
2nd edition published in 1988 edition published by Ballatine Books
3rd edition published in 1994 by Healing Arts Press under the title Native Nutrition: Eating According to Ancestral Wisdom
4th edition published in 1997 by Healing Arts Press under the title Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition
5th edition published in 2015 by Healing Arts Press under the title Primal Nutrition: Paleolithic and Ancestral Diets for Optimal Health
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Note to the reader: This book is intended as an informational guide. The remedies, approaches, and techniques described herein are meant to supplement, and not to be a substitute for, professional medical care or treatment. They should not be used to treat a serious ailment without prior consultation with a qualified health care professional.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schmid, Ronald F., 1946
[Native nutrition]
Primal nutrition : paleolithic and ancestral diets for optimal health / Ron Schmid, ND.
pages cm
Originally published in 1987 under the title: Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine : Health and Longevity with the Animal, Sea, and Vegetable Foods of Our Ancestors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
print ISBN: 978-1-62055-519-4
ebook ISBN: 978-1-62055-520-0
1. Nutrition. 2. Natural foods. 3. Health. 4. Food habits--Psychological aspects. I. Title.
RA784.S3828 2015
613.2—dc23
2015013554
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