(Excerpted from the Weston A. Price Journal – “Caustic Commentary”, Fall 2004)
The Top Fourteen
According to government and media health pundits, the top best 14 foods are:
- Beans
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Oats
- Oranges
- Pumpkin
- Salmon
- Soy
- Spinach
- Tea (green or black)
- Tomatoes
- Turkey
- Walnuts
- Yoghurt
This uninspiring list reflects the current establishment angels (anti-oxidants and omega-3 fatty acids) and demons (saturated fats and animal foods).
Our list of the 14 best top foods, foods that supply vital nutrients including the fat-soluble vitamins, looks like this:
- Butter from grass-fed cows (preferably raw)
- Oysters
- Liver from grass-fed animals
- Eggs from grass-fed hens
- Cod liver oil
- Fish eggs
- Whole raw milk from grass-fed cows
- Bone broth
- Wild salmon
- Whole yoghurt or kefir
- Beef from grass-fed steers
- Sauerkraut
- Organic Beets
EDIT: If you noticed there are only 13 foods on the list, that’s because I recently removed shrimp due to increasing mercury levels. Thanks to one of my readers for pointing this out.
A diet containing only these foods will confer lifelong good health; a diet containing only the foods in the first list is the fast track to nutritional deficiencies.
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Great post; you reall should point out that in their list, the yogurt is always low fat or no fat!
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Thanks for the revised superfoods list. I’m doing pretty good after looking at your new list! I need to find out about oysters and shrimp–why are they a super food? Just curious, I have nothing against them, in fact it’s refreshing that they are on the list!
I have to smile when I see that butter comes in number one! -
On another website, where levels of mercury in various fish were enumerated, shrimp came in high on the charts. (sorry, I don’t have that URL handy) Maybe you could review your findings in regard to the growing alarm over mercury levels in our oceanic fish.
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