What do Brad Pitt, Kate Moss, and Leonardo DiCaprio have in common? Well-developed bone structure and even, proportionate faces. They are perceived as attractive by the majority of people because these qualities are associated with good health.
Beauty and art is a game of proportions. Nature is divine art in a way, and in order for it to manifest its intelligence, it needs the necessary raw material: proper nutrition.
An ideal gene lottery ticket is increasingly harder to come by.
The health and nutritional status of the mother at the time of conception and during pregnancy, combined with a child’s diet in the first few years has a huge impact on long-term health and physical appearance.
More than 60 years ago, Weston A. Price, a dentist from Cleveland, Ohio became increasingly disturbed by what he observed in children:
- Overbites
- Narrow faces
- Underdevelopment of the nose
- Lack of well-defined cheekbones
- Pinched Nostrils
- Frequent infections
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Anemia
- Poor vision
- Lack of coordination
- Fatigue
- Behavioral problems
These disturbing observations inspired him to travel to isolated parts of the world uncorrupted by modern civilization to study these peoples’ health and physical development.
He took countless photographs of beautiful smiles, and noticed that the natives were cheerful, optimistic, had “splendid physical development,” and an almost complete absence of disease even in harsh environments.
These people didn’t have orthodontists, dentists, or even modern medicine yet still had cavity-free, straight teeth and were beautiful and healthy.
Dr. Weston Price discovered that healthy tribal groups fed special foods to parents before conception and during pregnancy; and to children during their growing years.
What they ate:
- Butter
- Raw Milk
- Bone Broth
- Raw Cheese
- Raw Cream
- Eggs
- Organ meats like liver
- Shellfish
- Meat
- Fish eggs
- Rye bread and Sourdough Bread
- Fish and fish livers
The majority of these foods have one thing in common, something that is majorly lacking in the standard western diet:
Vitamin K2.
To Weston A. Price, it was known as “Activator X,” as it was not yet identified as being Vitamin K2.
In Ayurveda (“the science of life,” originating in India 5000 years ago), it was said that pregnant women who consumed heated whole milk (heated under 135 degrees F-non homogenized) twice per day with a teaspoon of melted ghee (clarified butter), would have a beautiful baby.
This is a Vitamin K2 cocktail.
Vitamin K2 is produced by animal tissues, including the mammary glands, from vitamin K1, which occurs in rapidly growing green plants.
A growing body of published research confirms Dr. Price’s discoveries, namely that vitamin K2 is:
- Important for the utilization of minerals
- Protects against tooth decay
- Supports growth and development
- Promotes healthy sexual development
- Protects against calcification of the arteries leading to heart disease,
- Major component of brain health
Vitamin K2 works synergistically with the two other “fat-soluble activators” that Price studied, vitamins A and D.
Vitamins A and D signal to the cells to produce certain proteins and vitamin K, then activates these proteins. It plays a crucial role in the development of the facial bones, and its presence in the diets of non-industrialized peoples explains the wide facial structure and freedom from dental deformities that Weston Price observed.
In Conclusion
Make sure you’re getting your vitamin K2 from quality animal fats, and avoid processed food.
