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Food faddists (also known as pseudoscientific diet advocates) are people who promote fad diets or pseudoscientific dieting ideas. The following people are recognized as notable food faddists, either currently or historically.

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Dan Dale Alexander

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Johanna Brandt
Paul Bragg

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Emmet Densmore
George J. Drews

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August Engelhardt

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Horace Fletcher

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Sylvester Graham

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William Howard Hay

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Isaac Jennings

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Lelord Kordel

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Benedict Lust

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Alfred W. McCann

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Gustav Schlickeysen

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