List of food faddists
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- Elliot Abravanel[1]
- Jessica Ainscough[2]
- Dan Dale Alexander[3]
- Rasmus Larssen Alsaker[4]
- Daniel Amen
- Dave Asprey[5]
- Robert Atkins[6]
B
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- 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
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- 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
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F
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- Horace Fletcher[37]
- Carlton Fredericks[38]
G
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- Jesse Mercer Gehman[39]
- Max Gerson[40]
- Belle Gibson
- Ann Louise Gittleman
- Sylvester Graham[41]
- Steven Gundry[42]
H
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- Vani Hari[43]
- Gayelord Hauser[44]
- William Howard Hay[45]
- Linda Hazzard[46]
- Bob Hoffman[47]
- Adolphus Hohensee[48]
- Patrick Holford
J
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- D. C. Jarvis[49]
- Jasmuheen[50]
- Isaac Jennings[51]
- Adolf Just[52]
K
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- William Donald Kelley[53]
- Willis Sharpe Kilmer[54]
- Henry Valentine Knaggs[55]
- Lelord Kordel[56]
- Catherine Kousmine[57]
- Morris Krok
L
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- Henry Lindlahr[58]
- Benedict Lust[59]
M
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- 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
- Gary Null[73]
O
P
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- James Martin Peebles[74]
- David Perlmutter
- Nicholas Perricone[75]
- Lydia Pinkham[76]
- Edward Earle Purinton
R
S
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- 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
- Robert Walter[87]
- Joshua Ward[88]
- George S. Weger
- Ann Wigmore[89]
- David Wolfe[90]
Y
- Robert O. Young[91]
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