Maximilian Bircher-Benner

1867–1939 (age 72)

Biography

Maximilian Bircher-Benner was a physician devoted to nutrition and preventive medicine, encouraging people to connect with wholesome foods and active living. His early advocacy for fresh grains, fruits, and the balanced meals that came to be associated with his name gave new shape to popular ideas about health.

Bircher-Benner's legacy endures not only in the well-known recipes he promoted but also in his patient insistence that caring for the body is an essential part of caring for the whole person.

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