Book Description
Adelle Davis is an incredibly famous and popular author whose name and whose books have reached the household word status. Her recommendations are followed by millions. She is the leading spokesperson for the organic foods movement. She is known for popularizing the phrase "You Are What You Eat". She also contributed to, as well as benefited from, the rise of a nutritional and health food movement that began in the 1950s, which focused on subjects such as pesticide residues and food additive. During the 1960s and 1970s, her popularity continued to grow, as she was featured in multiple media reports, variously described as an "oracle" by the New York Times, a "high priestess" by Life and was compared to Ralph Nader., the popular consumer activist by the Associated Press. Her celebrity was demonstrated by her repeated guest appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as she became the most popular and influential nutritionist in the country. Her works have not been without criticism. She wrote books on how to take care of children without ever having children of her own. She wrote about what to do during pregnancy without ever being pregnant. She wrote about how to keep a husband happy although she was divorced several times.
