Are Waerland

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Are Waerland (as Paul Henrik Fager , born April 13, 1876 in Ekenäs , Finland , † November 20, 1955 in Alassio , Italy) was a Finnish-Swedish author and lecturer, who was mainly known for the Waerland diet he propagated .

Tomb of Are Waerland in Djursholm

Are Waerland was born in 1876 in the town of Ekenäs, which was part of the then Grand Duchy of Finland and was part of the Russian Empire . His father was a shipowner . As a child, Waerland suffered from various symptoms such as headaches, poor memory, chronic stomach problems and constipation . Because of his poor health, he broke off studying philosophy and took over the management of a community college . In 1912 he became a Swedish citizen and took the name Are Waerland .

Some time later he left Sweden and went to London to do medical studies there and not least to find therapy for his symptoms. He found hardening methods such as taking cold showers and sleeping with the window open to be helpful. He was inspired by reading a book by Alexander Haig . Following the example of Haig and based on reports on the diet of the Hunza people , Waerland changed its diet and became a vegetarian . His symptoms disappeared in London within three years, which he attributed mainly to the raw food. From 1899 to 1945 he wrote 40 literary works in the Swedish language. In 1946 he married the widow Ebba Hoffmann, nee Langenskiöld. After staying in West Germany and editing his German-language writings, he spent the last years of his life in Alassio on the Italian Riviera . He died in 1955.

Publications (selection)

  • The dictatorship of the proletariat , FA Perthes, Gotha 1921 (translation from the Swedish by Fritz Arnheim )
  • Why I don't eat meat, fish or eggs , Zurich 1948, 3rd edition
  • Liberation from the cauldron of diseases , 1948–1949 (2 volumes)
  • Acidification as the basic cause of diseases , Waerland-Verlag, Hamburg 1951
  • No more rheumatism , Waerland-Verlag, Hamburg 1953
  • Path to a New Humanity , 1954
  • The key to health is in the gut , 1957
  • The Waerland Handbook of Health , 1958
  • The great harmony of life , 1967
  • Outlook on life and personality , 1967

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Are Waerland was först med throat trending. Hufvudstadsbladet , January 20, 2012 (Swedish, accessed July 25, 2017)
  2. ^ Obituary: Are Waerland 1876–1955. His life for a new humanity. Commemorative book for his 80th birthday by Rudolf Böhm in 1956.
personal data
SURNAME Waerland, Are
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fager, Paul Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish-Swedish author and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Ekenäs , Finland
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1955
Place of death Alassio , Italy