List of food faddists
Food faddists (also known as pseudoscientific diet advocates) are people who promote fad diets or pseudoscientific dieting ideas. The following people are recognized as notable food faddists, either currently or historically.
A
- Elliot Abravanel[1]
- Jessica Ainscough[2]
- Dan Dale Alexander[3]
- Rasmus Larssen Alsaker[4]
- Daniel Amen
- Dave Asprey[5]
- Robert Atkins[6]
B
- William J. A. Bailey
- Fereydoon Batmanghelidj[7]
- Luigi di Bella[8]
- Sanford Bennett[9]
- Henry G. Bieler[10]
- Maximilian Bircher-Benner[11][12]
- Russell Blaylock[13]
- Alfredo Bowman[14]
- William Brady[15]
- Paul Bragg[16]
- Johanna Brandt[17]
- Eric R. Braverman[18]
- John R. Brinkley
- Johanna Budwig[19]
- Stanley Burroughs[20][21]
C
- Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram
- Hereward Carrington[22]
- Deepak Chopra[23]
- Eugene Christian[24]
- Hulda Regehr Clark[25]
- Gabriel Cousens[26]
D
- Peter J. D'Adamo[27]
- Adelle Davis[28]
- Lorraine Day[29]
- Emmet Densmore[30]
- Arnold DeVries[31]
- Edward H. Dewey[32]
- Marilyn Diamond[33]
- Kurt Donsbach[34]
- George J. Drews[35]
E
F
G
- Jesse Mercer Gehman[39]
- Max Gerson[40]
- Belle Gibson
- Ann Louise Gittleman
- Sylvester Graham[41]
- Steven Gundry[42]
H
- Vani Hari[43]
- Gayelord Hauser[44]
- William Howard Hay[45]
- Linda Hazzard[46]
- Bob Hoffman[47]
- Adolphus Hohensee[48]
- Patrick Holford
J
K
- William Donald Kelley[53]
- Willis Sharpe Kilmer[54]
- Henry Valentine Knaggs[55]
- Lelord Kordel[56]
- Catherine Kousmine[57]
- Morris Krok
L
M
- Aseem Malhotra[60][61]
- Judy Mazel[62]
- Alfred W. McCann[63]
- Frank McCoy[64]
- John A. McDougall[65]
- Gillian McKeith[66]
- Joseph Mercola[67]
- Eustace Miles[68]
- Earl Mindell[69]
- Theodor Morell
- James Morison[70]
- Michael Mosley[71]
- Elijah Muhammad[72]
N
O
P
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- James Martin Peebles[74]
- David Perlmutter
- Nicholas Perricone[75]
- Lydia Pinkham[76]
- Edward Earle Purinton
R
S
- Maureen Kennedy Salaman[78]
- Anthony Sattilaro[79]
- Gustav Schlickeysen[80]
- Herbert M. Shelton
- Walter Siegmeister
- Lendon Smith[81]
- Suzanne Somers
- Alois P. Swoboda[82]
- Edmund Bordeaux Szekely[83]
T
V
W
Y
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