FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Margarita Provenzano
540-668-7640


Renowned Author Warns Against Low-Fat
Diets at Shepherdstown Workshop
Sally Fallon Urges Return to Traditional Foods and Preparation Techniques

NEERSVILLE, VA , MARCH 12, 2002-Is a low-fat vegetarian diet better
for your health than a thick, juicy steak? No way, says renowned
author Sally Fallon-not if that steak is from grass fed, pastured
beef. Fallon will present a workshop in Shepherdstown, Saturday,
March 23rd, that challenges current establishment nutritional advice.
The seminar will be held at the War Memorial Building at the corner
of German and King Streets from 9AM-5PM.
Fallon has presented her findings to packed houses throughout the
U.S., introducing scientific and anthropological research that she
says refutes the notion that Americans should cut back on animal fats
and cholesterol-rich foods. She speaks out against processed foods
and cites "politically correct" dietary advice as the root cause of
modern degenerative disease, claiming that the only people served by
the contemporary American supermarket diet are the companies that
manufacture and sell the products.
Emphasizing a return to humane, grass-based livestock husbandry,
Fallon explains the health benefits of butter, describes health
problems caused by vegetable oils and warns against the dangers of
modern soy foods-products that claim to offer health benefits. In her
popular book Nourishing Traditions, Fallon sets out to debunk the
hypothesis that animal fats and cholesterol cause heart disease.
"Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in
the diet," said Fallon. "They are necessary for normal growth,
proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from
disease and optimum energy levels. If Americans are to regain the
vitality they need to preserve their precious freedoms and ensure a
better life for future generations, it is vitally important to return
to whole traditional foods, properly prepared."
Fallon is the founding president of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
Price, a dentist concerned about his patients' declining dental
health, studied isolated traditional peoples during the 1930s and
1940s. He discovered a relationship between nutrient-dense animal
fats and human health, including freedom from dental decay, crooked
teeth and narrow jaw structure. Fallon will explore the implications
of this research on achieving sound health and good nutrition. The
presentation will include Price's photographs of healthy
pre-industrialized people and a step-by-step plan to put nourishing
traditional foods-foods that family members will actually eat-back
into their diets.
This program is sponsored by the Blue Ridge Center CSA, an
agricultural education program of the Blue Ridge Center for
Environmental Stewardship, a 900-acre agricultural and forest
educational reserve in Neersville, western Loudoun County. The Blue
Ridge Center CSA promotes the use of sustainable farming techniques
that ensure good stewardship of the land.
Registration is $20 at the door; reservations are recommended. Plan
to bring a lunch or eat in town. For more information contact
Margarita Provenzano at (540) 668-7640 or MProvenzano@...
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