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Adelle Davis’ legacy is celebrated today as: “The first lady of nutrition whose writings are the foundation of health.” Adelle Davis, one of the country’s best known nutritionists, was born in 1904, and lived an active 70 years. In 1938 she received her Masters from Purdue University , graduated from University of California at Berkeley [...]

Adelle Davis’ Most Famous Quotes: “To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party.” “If this country is to survive, the best-fed-nation myth had better be recognized for what it is: propaganda designed to produce wealth [...]