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Adelle Davis

(1904–1974) Nutritionist

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Adelle Davis was a nutritionist.

Quick Facts About Adelle Davis

Born: February 25, 1904
Died: May 31, 1974
Profession: Nutritionist

About Adelle Davis

[Wikidata] American activist and writer (1904-1974)... | [Wikipedia] Adelle Davis was an American writer and nutritionist, considered "the most famous nutritionist in the early to mid-20th century." She was an advocate for improved health through better nutrition. She wrote an early textbook on nutrition in 1942, followed by four best-selling books for consumers whic

Quotes by Adelle Davis

To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American…

American revolution

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As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in…

Constructs

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As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.

Aging

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“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to become much more than…

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Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have…

Care

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We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than…

Cooking

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I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not…

Age

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The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.

Convinced

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If this country [America] is to survive, the best-fed-nation myth had better be recognized for what it is: propaganda designed to produce…

America

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Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Eat breakfast

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Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied disease. Almost no one has studied health.

Disease

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