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Dr. Weston A. Price and Activator X

Forget the fluoride and even the dental floss. If you really want healthy teeth and better all-around good health, your best bet is to add more vitamin K2-rich foods, such as grass-fed beef and raw dairy, to your diet.

Back in the 1940s, a Cleveland dentist named Dr. Weston A. Price went in search of the causes of tooth decay and the crowded, crooked teeth he saw in his patients. Instead of doing research in a lab, he decided to study the “primitive” people of the world. These people were isolated from modern society and still ate traditional diets rich in essential nutrients, yet without modern dental care they maintained straight, white and healthy teeth.

Dr. Price’s findings led him to believe that unhealthy teeth were caused by poor nutrition.

When Dr. Price analyzed the foods eaten by the primitives he found they provided at least four times the calcium and other minerals, and at least ten times the fat-soluble vitamins from grass-fed and naturally raised animal foods, such as raw dairy products and meats, as the “civilized” diet.

Aside from healthier teeth, the primitives seemed to be overall – physically and mentally – healthier than those eating a modern diet consisting of sugar, white flour, pasteurized milk and food additives.

Dr. Price also recognized “a new vitamin-like activator” in the primitives’ foods that helped the body absorb minerals. He called this compound Activator X, and determined it was present in the butterfat, organs and fat of animals that consumed green grass.

Activator X seemed to be a major factor in protecting against tooth decay, supporting growth and development, guarding against hardening of the arteries, and helping with brain function.

Today, Activator X is known as vitamin K2, a vital nutrient that is produced by animal tissues when animals consume vitamin K1, which is found in green plants.

Thanks to Dr. Price’s findings more than 60 years ago, we know it is necessary to eat vitamin K2-rich foods such as grass-fed beef and raw dairy products to protect our teeth, bones, heart and brain. And thanks to small farmers who care, finding these natural foods is becoming a whole lot easier.