Ferdinand Hueppe

Hueppe opposed vegetarianism and characterized German vegetarians as "feminized men" who degenerated the Aryan race.^[1] He argued that "Powerful Aryan elites" risked degeneration if they turned away from the omnivorous diet that had made their bodies and nation strong.^[1] Hueppe stated that the earliest humans were meat eaters and that modern humans survive best on an omnivorous diet because a vegetarian diet is excessive in carbohydrates and lacks in protein. He described vegetarians as the "victims of an unnatural mode of existence".^[2][3]

His book on bacterial research, Die methoden der bakterien-forschung, was later translated into English and published in 1886 with the title "The methods of bacteriological investigation".^[4] Other noted efforts by Hueppe include:

• Naturwissenschaftliche Einführung in der Bakteriologie, 1896 – Natural sciences introduction to bacteriology.
• Der moderne Vegetarianismus 1900 – Modern vegetarianism.
• Hygiene der Körperübungen, 1922 – Hygiene associated with physical exercise.^[5]

• Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
• International Dose-Response Society, Biography