Recipe to Prevent Tooth Decay

 Weston Price was a dentist who was more interested in preventing tooth decay than in treating diseased teeth. In one of his studies he supplemented the diet of children with very bad tooth decay with one meal a day six days a week for 3-5 months. The diets of these children contained large quantities of sugar, white flour and fats. The diet resulted in the control of dental caries after six weeks. Price wrote, "Clinically this program completely controlled the dental caries of each member of the group." Two different teachers approached Price to ask what he had done to take one of the poorest learners in the class to make his one of the best learners. This diet is a very simple illustration of a diet that was historically effective in producing healthy teeth and better functioning brains.

Following is the diet Price fed his patients to stop tooth decay:

1. 4 ounces of tomato or orange juice.
2. A mixture of cod liver oil and high vitamin butter at the beginning of the meal.
3. A pint of vegetable and meat stew made from bone marrow and fine cuts of tender meat and large quantities of carrots and finely chopped vegetables.
4. Rolls made from freshly ground whole wheat spread with high vitamin butter.
5. Two glasses of whole milk.
6. Variation of the stew with fish chowder or the organs of animals.

Reference:

Price, Weston, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, pp288-289.