THE RAW FOOD DIET: A THERAPEUTIC AGENT
Authors: Arthur Andrews Holbrook
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 March 1944THE RAW FOOD DIET: A THERAPEUTIC AGENTARTHUR ANDREWS HOLBROOK, M.D., F.A.C.P.ARTHUR ANDREWS HOLBROOK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-3-512 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe Raw Food Diet may well be defined by a literal translation of the words of Bircher-Benner1who began using the so-called Rohkost Diät in 1895: "a diet composed exclusively or predominantly of edible plant life (fruits, leaves, roots, nuts, seeds) in uncooked condition, with exclusion of meats, eggs, cheese, white flour, extract sugar, alcohol, sodium chloride. . . ." He observed that this type of diet exercised a "far reaching, nonspecific therapeutic influence" on many kinds of human disorders, and in 1897 he opened his clinic in Zürich for the treatment of the sick with food. The rationale...Bibliography1. BIRCHER-BENNER M: Kurze Begründung meiner Ernährungstherapie, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1936, lxii, 1095-1101. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EPPINGER H: Einiges über diätetische Therapie, Ztschr. f. ärztl. Fortbild., 1939, xxxvi, 672-678 and 709-714. Google Scholar3. EPPINGERFALTITSCHEKKAUNITZPOPPER HJHH: Über seröse Entzündung, Klin. Wchnschr., 1934, xiii, 1105-1112 and 1137-1142. Google Scholar4. EPPINGER H: Lecture, Internationaler Fortbildungskurs der Wiener medizinischen Fakultät, Vienna, May 1938. Google Scholar5. CECIL RL: Text book of medicine, 1938, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar6. MCLESTER JS: Nutrition and diet in health and disease, 1939, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar7. KOEHLER G: Indikation und Technik der Rohkostbehandlung, Med. Klin., 1938, xxxiv, 1238-1240. Google Scholar8. BEIGLBÖCKFALTITSCHEK WJ: Zur Therapie der Nephritis (Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Wirkung der Rohkost), Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1937, cxxxi, 583-598. Google Scholar9. SIEDEK H: Das Verhältnis der Natriums zur Chloridausscheidung im Harn im Verlauf der croupösen Pneumonie, Klin. Wchnschr., 1937, xvi, 64. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. STROOMANN G: Über streng kochsalzfreie Ernährung, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1938, lxiv, 484-487. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. VOLHARD F: Die doppelseitigen hämatogenen Nierenerkrankungen, Handbuch der inneren Medizin, 1918, Julius Springer, Berlin, pp. 1492-1498. Google Scholar12. SAUERBRUCHHERRMANNSDORFERGERSON FAM: Über Versuche schwere Formen der Tuberkulose durch diätetische Behandlung zu beeinflussen, München. med. Wchnschr., 1926, lxxiii, 47-51. Google Scholar13. GERSON M: Die Rückbildung von Entzündungen bei Gerson-Diät unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der tuberkulösen Entzündung, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1935, xlviii, 847-853. Google Scholar14. SHOHL AT: Mineral metabolism, 1939, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York. Google Scholar15. MCCOLLUMORENT-KEILESDAY EVEHG: The newer knowledge of nutrition, 1940, The Macmillan Company, New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SHERMAN HC: Chemistry of food and nutrition, 1939, The Macmillan Company, New York. Google Scholar17. BARKER MH: Edema as influenced by a low ratio of sodium to potassium intake, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 2193-2197. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KERN RA: The role of water balance in the clinical manifestation of allergy, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cxcix, 778-789. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. TALBOTTBROWN JHMR: Ménière's syndrome. Acid-base constituents of the blood: treatment with potassium chloride, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxiv, 125-130. Google Scholar20. MCQUARRIETHOMPSONANDERSON IWHJA: Effects of excessive ingestion of sodium and potassium salts on carbohydrate metabolism and blood pressure in diabetic children, Jr. Nutr., 1936, xi, 77-101. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. RUSK HA: Salt and water, their place in modern therapeutics, Radiol. Rev. and Mississippi Valley Med. Jr., 1937, lix, 20-22. Google Scholar22. BIRCHER-BENNER M: Rohkostkuren und ihre Indikationen, Therap. d. Gegen., 1934, lxxv, 489-495. Google Scholar23. MCCANCEWIDDOWSON RAEM: The chemical composition of foods, 1940, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Google Scholar24. BOOHERHARTZLERHEWSTON LEEREM: A compilation of the vitamin values of foods in relation to processing and other variants, Circular No. 638, 1942, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Received for publication November 24, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPotassium etiology for mesenchyme degeneration 1 March 1944Volume 20, Issue 3Page: 512-526KeywordsAlcoholsCheesesDietExercise therapyFlourFoodMeatSodium chloride ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...