Excuse my ignorance, I am fairly new in studying nutrition in general. However from my understanding (from short descriptions I have read) is that Dr. Price’s book has observations and analyses of his studies in a time before the chronic diseases we have today. And the diet of these primitive people he analyzed mainly consumed saturated fats, primarily from animal meat and by-products.

Is my assumption correct? If so, why would we adapt to a different diet then what they ate?

According to what you believe Dr. Price had to say about nutrition, it is clear that you haven't read any of his research for yourself.

Dr. Price observed that Traditional diets, high in grass-fed meat, wild-fish and grass-fed dairy–high in Omega-3 fatty acids–promoted robust health in people eating in this fashion.

In addition to this, most Traditional diets incorporated a high degree of naturally fermented foods that promoted healthy intestinal flora and a rich source of digestive enzymes.

Dr. Price supports this assertions with empirical evidence that Traditional diets, high in raw animal fats and proteins from grass fed sources, supported the excellent health of Native Americans, Inuit tribes, remote villages in Switzerland and so on.

The groups of people in Dr. Price's studies were virtually free from dental cavities, and did not suffer from the diseases we observe today (cancer, heart disease)

He did not, however, claim that "eating meat and dairy" from industrial farmed animals was good for you…as you imply. What you state sounds like he would condone having burgers and cheese curds from the Kwik-i-Mart.

Not the case!

His research indicated that homogenized, pasteurized and commercially raised (grain/corn fed) animal proteins were not only inferior to grass-fed sources, but caused disease processes in our bodies.

Eating grass fed (often wild) meat sources can actually encourage increased lean body mass and balanced cholesterol levels, being high in Omega-3 and low in Omega-6 (inflammatory) fatty acids.

So, if you want to do Dr. Price's research a fair report, then report his findings accurately. And if his "followers" attack scientific food findings, that may or may not be a bad thing–depending on what they are reporting.

Food Science, after all, has considered corn syrup a viable nutrient and for years, M.D.'s have recommended margarine to their patient to reduce their risk of heart disease.

–Jay

P.S. the link you have from the China Study goes to a spammy-looking Adsense page.

The highest growing population of diabetics in the world is in China. Why not look at the foods of people who have lived off the land for 1000s of years in many different cultures and see what benefits and problems they yielded. It seems that is all that Weston Price ever did if you are saying he had an agenda.

There is much of what has been considered healthier in the modern diet that is now being criticized like what Jay has mentioned margarine being heart healthy was recommended throughout the 80s until recently because research has pointed out that it has contributed to heart disease more so than butter. The hydrogenated vegetable oils made by machines thought to be better than lard in the past is now thought to be a carcinogenic more so than naturally occurring saturated fats from animals along with a higher number of atherosclerosis cases directly linked to processed vegetable fat which has now been proven in multiple studies from many sources around the world from the end of the 1990s to the 21st century. Todays concentration on fish oils is not argued as being the best source of Omega-3 which seems to be supporting Weston Prices research from nearly 90 years previously who apparently was ahead of his time in many ways.

The foundation from what I gather emphasizes naturally grown organic foods eaten as a whole food full of its natural goodness like fiber and nutrients that doesn't need to be added after being pulverized, mashed and bleached in much of how our food comes in neat little boxes that we can conveniently pour, add water and microwave. There is a growing awareness of whole foods being healthier as people are turning away from highly processed industrialized foods. Also the W P Foundation supports better treatment of farm raised animals by giving them room to move freely (free-range) and eating what they were meant to eat such as grass for cows and not corn. From what I see the more research there is into healthy foods and healthy living the more Weston Price is being proved right. Considering that the beginning of his research pre-dated a lot of synthetic machine processed foods back in at the turn of the 20th Century to the 1940s.

I agree with Jay, and I agree with the Weston Price Foundation's research. The fear of animal fat is passe. If you have ethical reasons for not eating meat, then don't eat animals or grains. Reaping machines for wheat kill more animals in one month than slaughter houses do in a year.

I am dying because I followed the advice of Weston Price foundation and candida cultists who say eat high fat protein and take soil organism probiotics.There is no such thing as leaky gut syndrome and too much lactic acid organisms can cause disease.I followed their protocol right into disintegration and calcification.According to a time magazine article from the 1930's,acidophilus is the leading cause of tooth decay.I took this soil organism
probiotic and now have pseudomonas disease.Bacteria overload is not beneficial.The Hunzas mostly ate fruit and vegetables and I'd rather follow Woody Harrelson's raw food diet if you want to live if your sick.