Gustav Schlickeysen
German naturopath (1843–1893)
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Gustav Schlickeysen (September 9, 1843 – 1893) was a German naturopath and raw food advocate.[1]
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| Born | September 9, 1843 |
| Died | 1893 (aged 49–50) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupations | Naturopath, writer |
Biography
In 1875, Schlickeysen attacked meat-eating for causing militarism and a "roaming, savage and warlike life".[2] He argued that Germans should embrace a fruit and grain diet, appropriate to their natural home in the forest.[2] He has been described as an "early propagandist of vegetarianism."[3]
Schlickeysen was a fruitarian who proposed the use of "fruit medicine", he believed that raw fruits were "sunlight nutrition".[4] He authored the book Fruit and Bread: A Scientific Diet, which advocated an uncooked diet of fruits, grains and nuts. It was translated by Martin Luther Holbrook.[5] In 1877, Francis William Newman President of the Vegetarian Society criticized the book for condemning beans, lentils, honey, tea and all cooked foods.[6] Newman considered Schlickeysen a "pernicious foe to our society" and the book fanatical.[6]
Publications
- Fruit and Bread: A Scientific Diet (Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, 1877)