Weston A. Price Foundation

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{{cquote|[The Weston A. Price Foundation] might be useful in reverse: if you read it on WAPF, it is probably wrong.|||[[Harriet Hall]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/sbm-weston-prices-appalling-legacy/ |title=Weston Price’s Appalling Legacy |author=[[Harriet Hall]] |date=10/13/2015 |work=[[Science-Based Medicine]]}}</ref>|||}}

The '''[[Weston A. Price]] Foundation''' ('''WAPF''') is, according to its website, a "nutrition education foundation." This nutrition education includes claiming that eating lots of fat, meat, and raw (but not pasteurized) dairy is healthy, and that [[Appeal to nature|natural things are better than "artificial" ones.]]<ref name=cancer>[http://www.westonaprice.org/cancer/a-holistic-approach-to-cancer A Holistic Approach to Cancer], Tom Cowan.</ref><ref name=wap>[http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-foods/agave-nectar-worse-than-we-thought Agave Nectar: Worse Than We Thought], Sally Fallon Morell and Rami Nagel, The Weston A. Price Foundation.</ref><ref name=soy>[http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert Soy Alert!]</ref>

The Weston A. Price Foundation is unrelated to the Weston A. Price Memorial Foundation, which is the old name of the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation.
==Views==
===What they're for===
The WAPF promotes various ideas and therapies, shown below:
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*[[Homeopathy]]<ref>http://www.westonaprice.org/homeopathy</ref>
*[[Statin denialism|Cholesterol and statin denialism]]<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/myths-truths-about-cholesterol/ Myths & Truths About Cholesterol]</ref>
*[[Raw milk]]
*"Natural" [[Herbal supplements|supplements]]<ref name=guidelines>[http://www.westonaprice.org/basics/dietary-guidelines Dietary Guidelines], Weston A. Price Foundation.</ref>
*[[Coconut oil|Coconut]] and [[Palm oil|palm]] oils<ref name=principles>[http://www.westonaprice.org/basics/principles-of-healthy-diets Principles of Healthy Diets]</ref>
*High-fat diets (similar to many [[low-carb diet]]s)<ref name=principles/>
*The absolutely, positively, categorically undeniable fact{{lie}} that the [[Cancer#Cancer and chemophobia|modern increase in cancer rates]] is due to the grains in our diets<ref name=cancer/>
*Cholesterol and [[saturated fat]]<ref>[http://www.westonaprice.org/basics/whats-wrong-with-pc-nutrition ''What's Wrong with "Politically Correct" Nutrition?'']</ref>
*[[Bullshit|Sunlight prevents melanoma]]<ref>[http://www.westonaprice.org/cancer/sunlight-and-melanoma Sunlight and Melanoma], [[William Campbell Douglass]].</ref>
*"Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do."<ref name=guidelines/>
*Unrefined [[Salt woo#Celtic salt|Celtic sea salt]]<ref name=guidelines/>
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Some of the WAPF's nutrition guidelines are very similar to those of the [[Cancer Control Society]].<ref>[http://www.cancercontrolsociety.com/preventiondiet.htm cancer control society prevention diet]</ref>

===What they're against===
Things they don't like include the following:
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*[[Chemophobia|"Artificial" chemicals]]
*[[Veganism]]/[[vegetarianism]]
*[[Vaccines]]
*[[Monosodium glutamate]]<ref name=soy/>
*[[Soy]]<ref name=soy/>
*[[Canola oil|Canola]], corn, and cottonseed oil
*[[Water fluoridation|Fluoridated water]]
*[[Aspartame]]
*"Synthetic [[vitamin]]s and foods containing them"
*[[Agave nectar|Agave]]<ref name=wap/>
*[[High-fructose corn syrup]]
*[[Trans fat]]
*[[Microwave oven]]s (and probably [[microwave]]s in general), polyunsaturated oils, white rice, [[Pasteurization|pasteurized milk]], and numerous other things.<ref name=principles/>
*Soy milk as baby formula<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/soy-alert/why-organic-soy-milk-is-not-a-good-alternative-tosoy-formula/ Why Organic Soy Milk is Not a Good Alternative to Soy Formula] by Kaayla Daniel ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref>
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==Website design==
The website underwent a redesign in late February 2017, which improved its SEO and led to an increase in readership. Unfortunately, the website now looks professional — it's now often difficult to identify a crank site just by its appearance. The popup asks for invasive personal information such as your zip code. It has a lot of mixed https and http content on its webpages leading to the https connection failing to be secure. Accessibility of site is pretty good.

==Dangerous advice==
WAPF advocates a highly restrictive [[gluten-free]] and casein-free diet for children on the autism spectrum<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/childrens-health/soy-infant-formula-autism/ Soy Infant Formula and Autism] by Merinda Teller. ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> and promotes [[Chelation therapy|chelation therapy]], where you inject dangerous chemicals into the patient to remove divalent cations from the body, for a range of conditions.<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast/48-detox-mercury-safely/ Detox mercury safely] Podcast ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> Homemade baby formula<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/childrens-health/formula-homemade-baby-formula/ Formula – Homemade Baby Formula] ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> is a horrible idea that will probably kill your baby. They advertise EMR-Lowering Protocol for children with ADHD and autism.<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/childrens-health/calming-behavior-children-autism-adhd/ Calming Behavior in Children with Autism and ADHD] by Katie Singer ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> The EMR-Lowering Protocol is based on pseudoscience and the myth that children with ADHD and autism have [[Electromagnetic hypersensitivity|electromagnetic hypersensitivity]] and need to have a bunch of supplements shoved in their mouths. They pretend that unvaccinated children are healthier<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/caustic-commentary-unvaccinated-children-healthier/ Caustic Commentary, Unvaccinated Children Healthier] ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> and that vaccines are scary and evil. They gave advice on how to claim a medical exemption for child vaccinations.<ref name="Exemption">[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/vaccinations/how-to-claim-a-medical-exemption-in-ca/ How to Claim a Medical Exemption in CA] by Leslie Manookian ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> Please do not let your children drink [[Raw milk movement|raw milk.]]<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/4th-annual-international-raw-milk-symposium-to-explore-raw-milk-and-our-childrens-future/ 4th Annual International Raw Milk Symposium to Explore Raw Milk and Our Children’s Future] by Kimberly Hartke ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> Raw milk can kill children.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/11/childs-death-most-likely-linked-to-consumption-of-unpasteurised-milk-says-coroner Child's death 'most likely linked to consumption of unpasteurised milk', says coroner] by Melissa Davey ''The Guardian''</ref> Pregnant women without an actual vitamin A deficiency should '''not''' increase their intake of vitamin A.<ref name="pregnantA">[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/vitamin-a-the-scarlet-nutrient/ Vitamin A: The Scarlet Nutrient] by Pam Schoenfield ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> Excess vitamin A during pregnancy increases the risk of birth defects.<ref>[http://www.who.int/elena/titles/vitamina_pregnancy/en/ Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy] ''WHO''</ref> Health experts even recommend against skin care products containing containing vitamin A.<ref>[https://theconversation.com/health-check-are-cosmetics-containing-vitamin-a-safe-during-pregnancy-63810 Health Check: are cosmetics containing Vitamin A safe during pregnancy?] by Ian Musgrave. ''The Conversation''</ref>

==Outdated terms==
#"intrauterine growth retardation",<ref name="pregnantA"/> now called "Intrauterine Growth Restriction".<ref>[https://www.webmd.com/baby/iugr-intrauterine-growth-restriction Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)] ''WebMD''</ref>
#"retarded speech pattern"<ref>[https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/vaccinations/adjuvants-in-vaccines/ Adjuvants in Vaccines] by Megan Pond.
 ''Weston A. Price Foundation''</ref> should be "delayed speech pattern".
#"mental retardation"<ref name="Exemption"/> is today named "Intellectual Disability".

==See also==
*[[THINCS]]

==External links==
*[http://www.westonaprice.org/ Their homepage]
*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Weston_A._Price_Foundation Weston A. Price Foundation], article on [[SourceWatch]] which is questionable in scientific accuracy.
*[https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/sbm-weston-prices-appalling-legacy/ Weston Price’s Appalling Legacy]
*{{wpa|Weston A. Price Foundation}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cholesterol and statin denialists]]

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