Health gurus who weren’t so healthy

 Here’s an amusing seconds-long video of Bill Mahr talking about diet and health gurus, all but one of whom didn’t make it to age 70.  

Clive McCay, believed that a restricted calorie diet was the key to longevity, as explained in his book Nutrition, Ageing, and Longevity (1942). He died at age 69 following two strokes.

Adelle Davis, best known for Let’s Cook it Right (1947) died of bone cancer at the age of 70. Davis contended that almost any disease could be prevented by proper diet. She took lots of vitamins.

Euell Gibbons, who wrote Stalking the Wild Asparagus (1962), died at 64 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Jim Fixx, author of The Complete Book of Running (1977), died at age 52 of a heart attack while he was out on a run.

Nathan Pritikin’s books, such as The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise (1979), recommended a low fat, high fiber diet. He committed suicide at the age of 69 after being hospitalized with two types of cancer.

Michel Montignac, author of Eat Yourself Slim (1987) and other diet books, died of prostate cancer at age 65. Like others, he’s quoted as advocating “healthy eating habits, which can also prevent illness and disease."

I’m not sure what the lesson is in all of this. Maybe keep your ideas to yourself?

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