- Patrick Holford
Patrick Holford is a controversial British nutritionist, author, and the founder and director of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the Food for the Brain Foundation, a registered charity which promotes awareness of the link between learning, behaviour, mental health and nutrition, and offers nutrition-based treatment to children with special needs. He is also director of the Brain Bio Centre, … - Gillian McKeith
Gillian McKeith (born 1959) is a Scottish nutritionist, television presenter, and writer. She fronts Channel 4's "You Are What You Eat" and Granada Television's "Dr Gillian McKeith's Feel Fab Forever" in the UK. She writes a weekly column for "Reveal" magazine and is the author of a number of books about nutrition, including "You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life" (2004). - Earl Mindell
Earl Lawrence Mindell is a Canadian-American writer and nutritionist who currently resides in Beverly Hills, California. He is a prolific writer who has authored over 45 books on health and wellness, and is a strong advocate of nutrition as both preventive and homeopathic medicine. His most notable publication, "Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible", is a glossary of micronutrients published in 1979 that was recently updated and re-released in 2004. - Robert Atkins
Robert Coleman Atkins, MD (October 17, 1930 - April 17, 2003) was an American doctor and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (or "Atkins Diet"), a popular but controversial way of dieting that entails eating low-carbohydrate and high-protein foods, in addition to leaf vegetables and dietary supplements. Atkins graduated from the University of Michigan in 1951 and received a medical degree from Cornell Medical College in 1955, … - Jean Mayer
Jean Mayer (February 19, 1920 - January 1, 1993) was a renowned French-American nutritionist and the tenth president of Tufts University from 1976 to 1992. During his lifetime, Mayer was known as a leading expert and activist on hunger issues. Mayer was the son of French physiologists Jeanne Eugenie Mayer and Andre Mayer, one of the founding members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. - Walter Willett
Walter Willett , M.D. Author, "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy" Chairman, Department of Nutrition - Jack Lalanne
Jack LaLanne is an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, celebrity, lecturer, and motivational speaker. LaLanne has been referred to as "the godfather of fitness." LaLanne gained worldwide renown for his success as a bodybuilder, as well as his prodigious feats of strength. He has won numerous awards, including the Horatio Alger Award from the Association of Distinguished Americans, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. - Adelle Davis
Daisie Adelle Davis (1904-1974), popularly known as Adelle Davis, was an American pioneer in the fledgling field of nutrition during the mid-20th century. She was an outspoken advocate of the superior value of whole unprocessed foods, the dangers of food additives, and the dominant role that all nutrients play in maintaining health, preventing disease, … - Mary G. Enig
Dr Mary Gertrude Enig (born 1931) is a nutritionist and biochemist, researching the nutritional aspects of fats. She is a consultant, clinician, and the director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of Enig Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Enig, a consultant on nutrition to individuals, industry, and state and federal governments, is a licensed practitioner in Maryland and the District of Columbia. - Annabel Karmel
Annabel Karmel MBE is the author of books on nutrition and cooking for babies, children and families. Her aim is to create healthy food for babies and children. Annabel's first child died of a rare viral disease aged just three months. Although the illness was not diet related, Annabel was determined to give her second child the best possible start in life and she spent two years researching child nutrition and development, … - Ancel Keys
Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 - November 20, 2004) was an American scientist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesised that different kinds of dietary fat had different effects on health. In addition to his role in establishing modern cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology, Keys was closely associated with two famous diets: K-rations, formulated as balanced meals for combat soldiers in World War II; and the "Mediterranean diet", … - Udo Erasmus
Udo Erasmus is a nutritionist, lecturer, and writer specializing in fats, oils, cholesterol, and essential fatty acids. He was born in Poland during the Second World War to parents from Latvia and Estonia. His family emigrated to Canada when he was ten years old. He began his university studies at the age of sixteen, and gained a B.Sc. in Zoology with a major in Psychology. - Sylvester Graham
Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 - September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. He was an early advocate of dietary reform in United States most notable for his emphasis on vegetarianism, and the temperance movement, as well as sexual and dietary habits. In 1829 he invented Graham bread, and the recipe first appeared in "The New Hydropathic Cookbook" (New York, 1855). - John Harvey Kellogg
John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 - December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism, and is best known for the invention of the corn flake breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg. - Uffe Ravnskov
Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, (born 1934) is a Danish independent researcher, a member of various international scientific organisations, and a former private medical practitioner in Sweden. In recent years he has gained international recognition for his research into numerous scientific studies, leading to the publication of a book which stated that the widely popularised Lipid Hypothesis is scientifically invalid. - Paavo Airola
Dr. Paavo O. Airola, N.D., Ph.D. (1918, Finland-1983) was a nutritionist, naturopathic physician, educator and author. He began his career as an artist. After World War II he emigrated to Canada, where he lived near Cobourg, Ontario, and was first instructor of the Cobourg Art Club. He then moved to the USA, settling in Arizona. He promoted a diet that contained no salt, sugar, coffee, meat, distilled water or refined carbohydrates. - Paul Bragg
Paul Bragg, nutritionist, was a pioneer in America’s wellness movement. And, died on December 7, 1976, South Shore Hospital, Miami, FL. - Suzannah Olivier
Suzannah Olivier is an author, journalist, and nutritionist. She is the author of more than ten best-selling books on health and nutrition, including "The Breast Cancer Prevention and Recovery Diet", "Banish The Detox Manual", and "500 of the Most Stress Busting Techniques You'll Ever Need". - Gayelord Hauser
Dr. Benjamin Gayelord Hauser (1895-1984), popularly known as Gayelord Hauser, was an American nutritionist, self-help author, and promoter of "the natural way of eating" during the mid-20th century. He promoted foods rich in Vitamin B and discouraged consumption of sugar and white flour. Hauser was a best-selling author, popular on the lecture and social circuits, and was nutritional advisor to many celebrities. - Michael Colgan
Michael Colgan, PhD, CCN, is a fitness nutritionist who gained recognition through his articles in the bodybuilding magazine "Muscular Development" and also through his books. From 1971 through 1982 Colgan was a senior member of the Science Faculty at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In 1972 he started the Colgan Institute in Auckland, New Zealand. Dedicated to Nutrition Science the Colgan Institute has since moved to San Diego, … - C. W. Post
C. W. Post also known as Charles William Post (October 26 1854 - May 9 1914), was an American breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. - Zonya Foco
Zonya Foco , Michigan USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k Zonya is the ONLY Registered Dietitian and Certified Health & Fitness Instructor IN THE COUNTRY having earned the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. Recognized for her powerful life-changing performances, PBS has launched Zonya's own weekly health series nationwide called, "Zonya's Health Bites". - Herbert M. Shelton
Herbert Macgolfin Shelton was a prominent American health educator, pacifist, vegetarian, and advocate of raw foodism and fasting cures. Shelton was nominated by the American Vegetarian Party to run as its candidate for President of the United States in 1956. He saw himself as the champion of original Natural Hygiene ideas from the 1830s. He was born in Wylie, Texas. A pacifist, Herbert Shelton was jailed in 1917 for making an anti-draft statement in public. - Erica White
Erica White (born in 1935) is a British nutritionist specializing in candidiasis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, author of three books on nutrition and health, and founder and director of Nutritionhelp. Erica suffered from extremely poor health as a child. She left school at seventeen, and took a one-year secretarial course at the City of London College. She married Robin White in 1959 and had three children over the next ten years, … - Lisa La Barre
Lisa La Barre was born Lequisha L. H. La Barre (October 15, 1971) in Denver, Colorado. Lisa La Barre is an American celebrity nutritionist in Los Angeles. La Barre is most notable for founding La Barre Nutrition and her many health articles pertaining to traditional foods, nutrition and general health. In addition to her work as a nutritionist, Lisa has made it her business to volunteer for many health-based programs to help the people of Los Angeles. - John Garrow
Professor John Garrow, MD, PhD (St Andrews), FRCP(Ed), FRCP(Lond) has been the chairman of HealthWatch 1991-1993, 1997-1999, 2003-2005. He was editor of European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1988-1999. Formerly Professor of Human Nutrition, University of London, Honorary consultant physician St Bartholomew's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Northwick Park Hospital. Was the head of Nutrition Research Unit MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, … - Brian Zehetner
Brian Zehetner is an American nutritionist for athletes and individuals, and has spent two years on the staff of the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks (as of 2006-07). Zehetner is a registered dietitian and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Before working with the Bucks, Zehetner was the staff nutritionist for the Canyon Ranch Spa in The Venetian Hotel, … - Zheng Ji
Zheng Ji is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China. In 1924 Zheng Ji passed the entrance exam for the Southeast National University (originally known as the Nanjing Advanced Normal School), moving in 1928 to the National Central University, then to the Nanjing University) biology department in 1929. In 1930 he went to America to study, majoring in biochemistry at Ohio State. - Norman W. Walker
Norman Wardhaugh Walker was an English-American businessman and pioneer in the field of vegetable juicing and nutrional health. He advocated the drinking of fresh raw vegetable and fruit juices, both to regain and to maintain one's health. Based on his design, the Norwalk Hydraulic Press Juicer was developed. This juicer continues to be produced and sold today. Walker wrote several books on nutrition and healthy living. - William Cumming Rose
William Cumming Rose was an American nutritionist whose research in the 1930s discovered the essential amino acid threonine. Rose received National Medal of Science in 1966. - Derrick Lonsdale
Derrick Lonsdale (born 1924) M.D., Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), Fellow of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (FACAM) is a pediatrician and researcher into the benefits of certain nutrients in preventing disease and psychotic behavior. - Harriette Chick
Dame Harriette Chick, DBE (January 6 1875 - July 9 1977) was a notable British protein scientist and nutritionist. She served as secretary of the League of Nations health section committee on the physiological bases of nutrition from 1934 to 1937. In 1941 she was a founding member of the Nutrition Society, of which she served as president from 1956 to 1959. She died at the age of 102. - André Briend
André Briend is a French pediatric nutritionist affiliated with the World Health Organization. Briend is best known for his 1999 formulation of Plumpy'nut, a peanut-based nutritional paste that has been successfully used to treat severely malnourished children, primarily in Niger. - Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an American Nutritionist and President of the national academy of science for 2 terms from 1969 to 1981. He was also a recipient of the National Medal of Science. - Herodicus
Herodicus was a Thracian physician of the fifth century BC, and a native of Selymbria. The first use of therapeutic exercise for the treatment of disease and maintenance of health is credited to him, and he is believed to have been one of the tutors of Hippocrates. He also recommended good diet and massage using beneficial herbs and oils, and his theories are considered the foundation of sports medicine. He was specific in the manner that a massage should be given. - Scott Milne
Scott Milne (born November 9, 1974 in Ontario, Canada) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Milne's first bodybuilding competition was the Ten International Production in Toronto in 1997. He is the head nutritionist and a personal trainer at Extreme Fitness in Toronto. His start in bodybuilding came when he was 18 and began to train with a competing bodybuilder at his local gym. He currently lives in Toronto. - Wilbur Olin Atwater
Wilbur Olin Atwater was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism. Atwater grew up in the New England area. He opted not to fight in the American Civil War and instead to pursue an undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In 1668, Atwater's interest in civil engineering and agricultural chemistry led him to enroll in Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School, … - Jacqueline Domac
Jacqueline Domac is a former teacher at Venice High School (California, USA) most notable for her work to improve student nutrition and animal rights. She initiated a pilot program that banned soda and other so-called junk food from being sold in vending machines or by clubs for fundraising in LAUSD schools. The program's success at improving students' health is unknown, however, … - James Caleb Jackson
James Caleb Jackson (March 28, 1811 - 1895) was the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal which he called granula. Jackson was born in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. After completing his education at Chittenango polytechnic institute, he worked as a farmer until 1838. During his early life, Jackson was active as an abolitionist. He lectured for the Massachusetts anti-slavery society, becoming the society's secretary in 1840. - David J. Jenkins
David J.A. Jenkins (MD, PhD, DSc) is Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada. Jenkins is credited with developing the concept of the glycemic index as a way of explaining the way in which dietary carbohydrate impacts blood sugar. His first paper on the subject appeared in the March edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1981. Jenkins went on to author at least 15 more clinical studies on the effects of the glycemic index.
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