Rachel Conroy Research Paper
The Price of Nutrition
Rachel Conroy
Dr. Price was born in 1870 in Canada. He became a dentist and began practicing in 1893. Dr. Price has been coined by many as the “Charles Darwin of nutrition.” He became concerned with the causes of tooth decay and physical degeneration and started looking at what was the root of the problem. At the time and still today these issues were contributed to genetics. Dr. Price asked why these patients’ parents were not exhibiting similar problems. This led Dr. Price to believe that there was a deeper issue that had not been studied yet. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - 31% of children between the ages of …show more content…
Price was a dentist in Cleveland during the turn of the century. He served as the chair of the Dental Association from 1914-1928. He was a highly respectable dentist who had major concerns for the health of his patients. According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, Price began seeing increases in tooth decay and dental deformities among his patients, not limited to but including: narrowed dental arches, overcrowding of teeth, and severe cavities. He began to wonder why had not been seeing these issues a mere 10-15 years ago. The dentists of the era were saying that these issues were caused by genetics. If it was genetics then why were the parent’s teeth all straight? Another aspect Price noticed was a strong relationship between physical and dental health. He began to see a connection between children with crooked teeth contracting Tuberculosis. This was more than interesting to him. Why would children with crooked teeth have a higher chance of contracting Tuberculosis? Dr. Price had heard that there were primitive people living healthy disease free lives and struck on idea. Maybe they knew something that he didn’t. So his wife and he decided to explore theses tribes more carefully. So over the next nine years they traveled around the world where these isolated groups were untouched by modern civilization and see if they could come to conclusions. Let’s now take a look at where Dr. Price traveled and what he
Rachel Conroy
Dr. Price was born in 1870 in Canada. He became a dentist and began practicing in 1893. Dr. Price has been coined by many as the “Charles Darwin of nutrition.” He became concerned with the causes of tooth decay and physical degeneration and started looking at what was the root of the problem. At the time and still today these issues were contributed to genetics. Dr. Price asked why these patients’ parents were not exhibiting similar problems. This led Dr. Price to believe that there was a deeper issue that had not been studied yet. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - 31% of children between the ages of …show more content…
Price was a dentist in Cleveland during the turn of the century. He served as the chair of the Dental Association from 1914-1928. He was a highly respectable dentist who had major concerns for the health of his patients. According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, Price began seeing increases in tooth decay and dental deformities among his patients, not limited to but including: narrowed dental arches, overcrowding of teeth, and severe cavities. He began to wonder why had not been seeing these issues a mere 10-15 years ago. The dentists of the era were saying that these issues were caused by genetics. If it was genetics then why were the parent’s teeth all straight? Another aspect Price noticed was a strong relationship between physical and dental health. He began to see a connection between children with crooked teeth contracting Tuberculosis. This was more than interesting to him. Why would children with crooked teeth have a higher chance of contracting Tuberculosis? Dr. Price had heard that there were primitive people living healthy disease free lives and struck on idea. Maybe they knew something that he didn’t. So his wife and he decided to explore theses tribes more carefully. So over the next nine years they traveled around the world where these isolated groups were untouched by modern civilization and see if they could come to conclusions. Let’s now take a look at where Dr. Price traveled and what he