Davis, Adelle

Davis, (Daisie) Adelle

(1904–74) nutritionist, author; born in Lizton, Ind. After taking a graduate degree in biochemistry from the University of California Medical School, she continued her training in dietetics at hospitals in New York City, then settled in California to work as a consulting nutritionist, planning diets for thousands of individuals suffering from various diseases and ailments. In 1954 she published Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit, which quickly gained a devoted following for her emphasis on a proper diet as the crux of both emotional and physical well-being. What particularly distinguished this and her subsequent books from most popular books on food—in addition to her footnotes and citations of scientific studies—was her claim that one's diet, especially one rich in vitamins and minerals, could actually prevent or cure diseases. For this she was often criticized and even derided by the medical establishment and she died not long before her broad views, if not all her details, began to be accepted by many in the fields of medicine and health.

Davis, Adelle

An American nutritionist (1904–1974) whose books continue to be widely read and followed despite containing major misinformation (e.g., eating too little fat causes obesity), unsupported assertions (e.g., that mental and social ills like alcoholism, crime, suicide and divorce could be cured with the proper diet) and dangerous recommendations (e.g., 100,000 IU of vitamin A can be safely consumed for months). Davis died of myeloma, which some linked to her high consumption of calcium carbonate from the Dolomites, which was laced with heavy metals.
Despite her university education in nutrition and her advanced degree in biochemistry, her writing was rife with factual errors, including: Americans eat too little protein; massive consumption of milk prevents cancer; massive doses of vitamin E during pregnancy prevents miscarriage, mental retardation and birth defects; calcium is a tranquiliser; magnesium can control epilepsy; inositol controls baldness; renal failure responds to potassium supplements; bruises are a sign of vitamin C deficiency; and PABA (para-amino benzoic acid) supplements can cure Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial infections. The 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health labelled her the single most harmful source of false nutritional information.

单词	davis, adelle
释义	Davis, Adelle Davis, (Daisie) Adelle (1904–74) nutritionist, author; born in Lizton, Ind. After taking a graduate degree in biochemistry from the University of California Medical School, she continued her training in dietetics at hospitals in New York City, then settled in California to work as a consulting nutritionist, planning diets for thousands of individuals suffering from various diseases and ailments. In 1954 she published Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit, which quickly gained a devoted following for her emphasis on a proper diet as the crux of both emotional and physical well-being. What particularly distinguished this and her subsequent books from most popular books on food—in addition to her footnotes and citations of scientific studies—was her claim that one's diet, especially one rich in vitamins and minerals, could actually prevent or cure diseases. For this she was often criticized and even derided by the medical establishment and she died not long before her broad views, if not all her details, began to be accepted by many in the fields of medicine and health. Davis, Adelle Davis, Adelle An American nutritionist (1904–1974) whose books continue to be widely read and followed despite containing major misinformation (e.g., eating too little fat causes obesity), unsupported assertions (e.g., that mental and social ills like alcoholism, crime, suicide and divorce could be cured with the proper diet) and dangerous recommendations (e.g., 100,000 IU of vitamin A can be safely consumed for months). Davis died of myeloma, which some linked to her high consumption of calcium carbonate from the Dolomites, which was laced with heavy metals. Despite her university education in nutrition and her advanced degree in biochemistry, her writing was rife with factual errors, including: Americans eat too little protein; massive consumption of milk prevents cancer; massive doses of vitamin E during pregnancy prevents miscarriage, mental retardation and birth defects; calcium is a tranquiliser; magnesium can control epilepsy; inositol controls baldness; renal failure responds to potassium supplements; bruises are a sign of vitamin C deficiency; and PABA (para-amino benzoic acid) supplements can cure Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial infections. The 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health labelled her the single most harmful source of false nutritional information.
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