History Of Nutrition

Question 1

What was Hippocrates

Answer 1

Father of medicine.
Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food

Question 2

Sebastian Kemp

Answer 2

German, father of hydrotherapy (cured own TB)

Question 3

Dr Max Bircher - Benner

Answer 3

Advocate of 50/50 raw food diet, emphasis on fruit.
Bircher muesli
Good gut Health is necessary for proper growth of cells and tissue

Question 4

John Harvey Kellog

Answer 4

90% of diseases due to improper functioning of bowel
Promoted importance of intestinal MICROFLORA
Shredded wheat and granola biscuit
Taught Bernard Jensen

Question 5

Henry lindlahr

Answer 5

Accumulation of morbid matter is primary cause of disease
Nature cure term and formulated idea of healing crisis

Question 6

Dr Max Gerson

Answer 6

Toxicity and deficiency are 2 planks underpinning health
Alkalising body with organic veg and juices
Coffee enemas
Used treatment got TB

Question 7

James Thomson

Answer 7

Scottish, studied under lindlahr
Set up first training college in Britain in 1919
Advocate of fibre

Question 8

Bernard Jensen

Answer 8

Studied under Kellogg’s
Every tissue is fed by blood which is supplied by bowel
Used chlorophyll extensively in enemas and colonics
Drew illustrations from bowel areas connecting to other body parts - eg suffering from heart or spleen has same time sensation in colon.
Invented colon hydrotherapy machine

Question 9

Louis Pasteur

Answer 9

French biologist invented germ theory
Disease occurs outside of the body
Developed pasteurisation
Basis of western medicine - suppressing symptoms using drugs

Question 10

Antione bechamp

Answer 10

Bitter rival with Pasteur
Maintained disease occurs from within body (changes of terrain)
Bacteria and viruses are after effects
Most diseases are result of acidic, low oxygenated terrain.

Question 11

John Rockefeller

Answer 11

Founded standard oil and end of 20th century controlled 90% oil refineries
Donated millions to charities
In 1960 gave $96m to medical schools in US to favour surgery and drugs.

With his money, John Hopkins developed Ritalin to treat kids who were regarded as too active or troubled

Question 12

Laws of cure

Answer 12

Hering invented - herings law of cure
1880

Question 13

From inside out

Answer 13

Eg boil - pushes out toxins from interior to exterior

Question 14

From more serious organs to less serious ones

Answer 14

Eg from lungs to skin.

Question 15

Mind gets better before the body

Answer 15

Anxiety starts improving before IBS does

Question 16

Symptoms disappear in reverse order to when they arrive

Answer 16

Haven’t had this since child - good sign

Question 17

From Above to below

Answer 17

Elbow goes before wrist pain

Question 18

Yang conditions

Answer 18

Caused by excess heating foods like animal products, hot spices, alcohol
Eg acne, migraines

Question 19

Ying conditions

Answer 19

Excess sugar, raw foods or not enough foods
Eg lethargy, anaemia, feeling cold