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The book conveys its message with both words and a meticulous photographic record that is absolutely convincing. The contrast between the faces of peoples before and after the inclusion of modern foods is quite startling. Viewing these pictures and reading the catalog of problems that developed after modern foods arrived absolutely shows that eating modern processed foods leads invariably to dental and orthodontic health problems accompanied by degenerative illness. Among the other problems that he noticed was an increase in tuberculosis, an increase in cancer and a decrease in mental capacity. All this in just one generation. Food was important to these people. In many countries it took a great deal of time and effort to obtain needed foods, in contrast with our modern world where we expect our food to be readily available, easy to prepare and dirt cheap. We settle for fast foods and convenience foods without a thought about the long-term consequences to our health or our children's health. One long-term consequence is that we will eventually pay out many times more on disease-care than if we paid more attention to our food. Rather than having a food industry that focuses on providing us maximum nutrition, we have one that focuses on maximizing profits and shelf life. It is telling that dental problems never existed in isolation: the existence of cavities and defective dental structure was accompanied by physical illness and problems. When the people were healthy, they had very few cavities -- despite the fact that they did nothing to clean their teeth! The teeth of many of the Swiss he visited were covered with green slime but they had no cavities. So why in the United States does dental care consist entirely of telling us to clean our teeth? Despite all the flossing, brushing and the fluoridation of our water we still have rampant dental caries and orthodontic problems. The solution, in clear photographic and verbal form, has been available since Price's travels: cavities come from eating processed foods. Yet we focus entirely on the external teeth while ignoring the fundamental cause and treat dental health as unrelated to overall health. A prospective buyer always checks the teeth of an animal as an indicator of overall health: why do we treat humans differently? Ask yourself: if this information has been available since the 1930's why are we not told! I have never had a dentist tell me that if I want an absence of dental problems I should avoid all processed foods and white sugar. I have never been told what foods I should be eating. It is as if a termite inspector told me to wash the walls that were crumbling behind the paint. What is Radiant Health? It bears mentioning that most of us don't even have a concept of what it is like to have a high degree of health. We accept as normal any number of symptoms such as dental caries, headaches, generalized achiness or a "weak" back. We assume that a natural part of aging is to slowly lose our capacity to do physical activity and that degenerative illnesses such as arthritis are inevitable. I, personally, can mostly only imagine what it must be like to wake up every day feeling an energetic well being that I could count on lasting throughout the day. What would it be like to be radiantly healthy? To be alert, Abby's Magazine - Volume 5 Issue 6 | Page 29