If you’ve been following along of Facebook or Twitter this weekend, you know I’ve been busy geeking out with Real Food friends old and new at the annual Weston A. Price Foundation conference, Wise Traditions.
I felt like the better-fed version of the proverbial kid in the candy store as I rubbed elbows and shared conversations with the players in the Real Food world from farmers and bloggers to scientists and homemakers. I sampled delicious food like potato chips fried in lard, pineapple kombucha, and my new favorite meat produce: braunschweiger! I even got some much needed rest and relaxation too. A surprisingly fun twist was the Twitter culture that was buzzing with Tweets labeled “#wapfconf” sharing pearls of wisdom and fun as they were happening in real time.
Stay tuned for a flood of posts as all of the info I gleaned this weekend sinks in. In the meantime, here are ten of my favorite tweets from this weekend’s Wise Traditions Conference. (Tweeters in parentheses).
- You can’t grow a healthy cow on concrete – Will Winters (ChaffinOrchards)
- Plants are there to cleanse us not nourish us. A vegan diet is a fasting diet, you might as well starve – Natasha Campbell McBride (realfoodhealth)
- Animal protein is not associated with Western Diseases in any of the China Study data – Denise Minger (wellfedhome)
- Zero deaths from raw milk in the last 37 years. 17 dead from pasteurized milk. – Mark McAfee (WardehHarmon)
- “Certified organic” is no guarantee that it’s a nutrient-dense whole food. The government has hijacked the term. – Will Winters (HlthyHappyEater)
- Ordering eggs from room service & they’d better have Real Butter to cook them in. (KitchenKop)
- When you are healthy you will not have cravings! Can’t stress that one enough. A big indicator something is wrong is cravings – Sally Fallon Morell (scdkat)
- If you eat, you’re involved in farming, period. – Will Winters (wellfedhome)
- Got a fussy eater who only wants sweets and starches? This is often the first sign of damaged gut flora. – Natasha Campbell McBride (holistickid)
- Tan ur arm pits to kill bacteria that causes odor. You will not need deoderant. – Joe Mercola (RealFoodDevotee)
I am curious to know more about the context of the Sally Fallon quote about cravings.
While it makes sense to me for people struggling to switch to a real food diet from a SAD
diet, cravings seems to be at the root of my improving health as 90% local eater of real food.
In the spring I eat loads of kale and greens because I feel an intense craving after the long cold
Winter of bone broths, meats, and root vegetables etc. That was just one example but i feel gently guided by cravings year around and I feel they show me what I need to be eating. They are almost always nourishing foods like meats, dairy, seafood and vegetables. Do you think there is such thing as guiding healthful cravings or are they always a red flag? I would love some more insight on this…Thank you!
Hi Alexandra – Great point. I think there’s a difference between cravings that guide us to know what our bodies need and cravings that come from addiction or major deficiencies. Craving greens is likely your body’s request for cleansing, but craving chocolate is typically a sign of a magnesium deficiency or sugar addiction. I’d love to pick Sally’s brain on this one. Perhaps someone else who heard that lecture may have some insight?
Hi Emily,
It was so great to meet you at the conference! Wasn’t it awesome? I love this post. So much wisdom to share!
Absolutely loved it! So nice to meet you outside of cyberland!
Love this post idea, Emily, and it was great meeting you!
Alexandra, I can only speak for myself, and since I’ve been eating more nutrient-dense foods and plenty of healthy fats, I slowly over the years have had fewer and fewer cravings. But it doesn’t happen overnight.
Kelly
Thanks Kelly! Great to meet you too! Looking forward to next year already.
Love this, Emily! Looks like I missed a lot, though . . . better find those mp3′s and catch up!
Thanks, Heather! I think next year I will have my whole family in tow too. See you then!
Great meeting you Emily! My favorite “Overheard at WAPF Conference” is “I have a goat head in my freezer.”
To Alexandra regarding cravings, maybe you have healed enough to not crave caffeine, sugar, etc. but maybe your cravings for specific real foods are still a sign that you are a bit deficient in the nutrients they contain? Just a thought.
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So nice to meet you too, Jill! Who has the goat head? I’d love to find out what they’re gonna do with it!