Max Otto Bruker

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Max Otto Bruker (born November 16, 1909 in Reutlingen , † January 6, 2001 in Lahnstein ) was a German non-fiction author , doctor and politician . He was an advocate of whole foods , for which he developed his own approach ( whole foods rich in vital substances ).

Life

Dr.-Max-Otto-Bruker medicinal and herb garden, Lahnstein on the height

Bruker was the third and last child of the teacher Max Bruker and his wife Berta geb. Buck. In 1913 the family moved to Neuenstadt am Kocher , where Max Otto attended the Latin school from 1915, where his father taught as a preceptor . In the 1920s the family moved again, this time to Esslingen am Neckar , where Bruker passed his Abitur in 1927. From 1927 to 1932 he studied medicine, first two semesters in Tübingen , then in Munich and Berlin , the last two semesters again in Tübingen. According to his own statements, August Bier had a strong influence on him. Since 1927 he was a member of the Normannia fraternity . During National Socialism, Bruker was a member of the SA and a candidate for the National Socialist German Medical Association ( NSDÄB ). He finished his studies in 1932 with the state examination and spent his internship at the Institute of Pathology at the University of Tübingen under Albert Dietrich and then worked at the Esslingen Municipal Hospital. In June 1934 Bruker received his doctorate from Wolfgang Stock in Tübingen . The topic of the dissertation was: A case of metastatic carcinoma of the iris, the corpus ciliare and the choroid of a latent primary tumor .

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Short stations in the Evangelical Hospital Schwerte and in the Homeopathic Hospital Dr. Steigele ( Stuttgart ) followed suit . In 1936 he switched to the homeopathic-biological clinic of the Bremen hospital as an assistant doctor . In 1938 he established himself as a specialist in Bremen. On June 26, 1939, he married Irmgard Engelage, whom he had met as a nurse in the Bremen hospital. The marriage had four children. As early as 1939 Bruker was drafted into the army for military service. He was deployed first in Bremen, then in Paris in 1940 , and in Lapland and Norway from 1941 to 1944 . He finished his service as a medical officer in 1945 . After a brief captivity in Bergen , Norway , Bruker moved from Bremen to Lemgo , where he was a doctor from 1946 to 1974, and from 1949 medical director of the Eben-Ezer asylum for the mentally weak and epileptic. Here he introduced the whole foods according to Werner Kollath .

Bruker became known to a broader public since 1958 primarily for his warnings against the consumption of "factory sugar". In the 1960s in particular, he intensified institutional contacts with numerous naturopathic and alternative medicine organizations.

From 1974 to 1977, Bruker headed the psychosomatic department of the Klinik am Burggraben in Bad Salzuflen as chief physician . From 1977 to 1991 he was the medical director of the Lahnhöhe Clinic in Lahnstein .

In the 1980s, Bruker researched the spread of cancer caused by the Chernobyl accident . At the beginning of the 1990s Bruker was appointed honorary professor at the medical faculty of the University of Kiev with a focus on "nuclear radiation damage". At the old age of 80, Bruker gave the lectures in German and English, and they were simultaneously interpreted into Russian for the students.

For 20 years, Bruker held a monthly consultation hour called “Medical advice from a holistic point of view” in his Lahnhöhe health center. Bruker died at the age of 91; he had only retired a year earlier. A medicinal and herb garden at the health center was named after him, it is part of the route of the World Heritage Gardens in the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley .

His books reached a circulation of over four million.

Political commitment

In the mid-1960s, Bruker became a member of the Free Social Union (FSU) , for which he ran for the Bundestag in 1969 at number one on the Lower Saxony state list. He belonged to this party until 1988.

Bruker was a founding member of the World Association for the Protection of Life (WSL) in Germany in 1960 . On July 12, 1968, Bruker published an article in the left-hand “ Deutsche Volkszeitung ” (Düsseldorf), “The emergency of democracy - shown at the Würgassen nuclear power plant ”. In the Würgassen case - according to Bruker - "the methods can be read off like a school example, how the principle of democracy is turned into a farce by means of blackouts, deliberate systematic misinformation, dissemination of false information and dictatorial measures". From 1967 to 1971 he was Vice President of the WSL and from 1972 to 1974 and then again from spring 1982 President. Due to public protests and numerous membership terminations, he wrote a circular to all members and banned the public debate of right-wing extremist ideas, but not right-wing extremists' membership in the WSL. This letter led to a power struggle within the WSL, in the course of which Bruker resigned from his office as president in December 1982. Bruker was also Honorary President and member of the Scientific Council of WSL-International.

From 1972 to 1982 he was the "Scientific Advisory Board" of the right-wing extremist Society for Biological Anthropology, Eugenics and Behavioral Research in the legal notice of its body, the journal Neue Anthropologie . In 1981 he was one of the first signatories of the “Ausländerstopp now” initiative of the NPD subsidiary organization Citizens' Initiative Foreigners Stop .

From 1976 to 1979 Bruker was deputy chairman of the extreme right-wing 5% bloc electoral alliance.

In 1978 he initiated the founding of the Green List of Rhineland-Palatinate voters' initiative , from which the "NPD Green List" later emerged in the Rhineland-Palatinate state elections.

In an article published in Max magazine in 1994, Jutta Ditfurth describes Bruker as the "interface between the ecological movement and neo-Nazis". Bruker complained against it and lost in the last instance in 24 of 25 points. In the judgment of the 16th civil senate of the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main it says: "The plaintiff has to put up with (...) being described as the hinge point between the ecological and natural food movement on the one hand and the neo-Nazi scene on the other. "

Nutrition

Bruker stood in the tradition of naturopathy, which was fundamentally critical of civilization . He became known mainly for his commitment to the spread of whole foods . To this end, he wrote numerous books, gave public lectures and founded the non-profit association “Society for Health Advice” (GGB). His statements on nutrition stand in contrast to established doctrines within medicine and nutritional sciences .

Origins

Bruker based his nutrition theory mainly on the teachings of the Swiss doctor Maximilian Bircher-Benner and Werner Kollath , who was a member of the “World Association for the Protection of Life”. Like them, Bruker saw a connection between diet and so-called lifestyle diseases . Bruker saw his own contribution mainly in the dissemination of this knowledge and in the solution of the "compatibility problem" (see below). He justified his nutrition theory with references to observations and experiences from over fifty years of medical use of whole foods.

Bruker considered a lack of so-called "vital substances" to be the cause of many diseases of civilization. He counted vitamins , minerals and trace elements among these vital substances . Civilization diseases would arise from this deficiency with simultaneous consumption of large amounts of nutrients, i. H. Proteins , fats and carbohydrates . According to his observations, a deficiency in vital substances usually only manifests itself after decades. The result is not primarily a shorter life, but modern lifestyle diseases such as joint diseases , arteriosclerosis , gallstones or diabetes mellitus .

Nutritional recommendations for "whole foods rich in vital substances"

The diet recommended by Bruker was described by him as "whole foods rich in vital substances". He regarded this as the “original” diet for which man was created. It consists mainly of "wholesome", largely "natural" foods and avoids the "partially valued", e.g. B. factory-modified foods. This means, among other things: whole grain cereal products (freshly ground if possible), fruit , vegetables , salad and untreated nuts . Also butter or cream are allowed because they, unlike other dairy products , meat and fish contain virtually no protein, but mainly natural fat. Cold-pressed oils such as cold-pressed sunflower oil and virgin olive oil complement Bruker's dietary recommendations.

According to Bruker, the following foods in particular are harmful: industrially produced refined carbohydrates , i. H. the "factory sugar" and the " extract flour " (which are made from the peeled and sterilized grain ), as well as refined fats ( margarine and refined vegetable oils). Avoiding meat products, fish and eggs is also recommended. In the case of certain illnesses, it is recommended that you avoid dairy products (quark, cheese, yoghurt ...).

Bruker rejected fruit juices because they did not contain the whole fruit, valuable biological agents (referred to by Kollath as auxones) remained in the pomace. He also advised against the consumption of coffee and other beverages containing caffeine , as they damage the vegetative nervous system and are addictive .

The intolerance problem

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A number of patients complained of stomach and intestinal problems after being given the whole foods in his clinic. These were expressed, among other things, in complaints such as B. Bloating and gas . Bruker attributed these complaints to the fact that his recommendations had not been followed one hundred percent and recommended in particular that factory sugar be completely avoided.

criticism

Numerous statements and recommendations by Bruker are not justifiable from the point of view of modern medicine and are even dangerous for babies and small children in particular. Bruker's assertion that those who eat a wholesome diet need not worry about contracting AIDS is also considered dangerous . His claims about a concentrated carbohydrate diet and the resulting hyperglycemia as a cause of atherosclerosis and a prerequisite for infections with poliomyelitis have now been scientifically refuted.

Compared to cooked food, raw food leads to incomplete digestion , which worsens the absorption of vitamins and trace elements and promotes deficiency diseases and flatulence . Some vegetable pollutants such as lectins are only inactivated by heating. B. in potatoes and legumes . The cell membranes are broken open more completely by heating , which means that more nutrients are available. Long-term raw food nutrition leads to a decrease in bone density , vitamin B 12 deficiency, increased homocysteine blood concentrations and decreased LDL , HDL and triglyceride blood concentrations.

Its whole foods rich in vital substances are also subject to heavy criticism. Bruker's writings would contain numerous false, unproven and misleading claims that nutritional science rejects as untenable.

Institutions

At the end of the 1970s, Bruker was committed to training the “job description of the health advisor” he had created himself. To this end, he founded the Gesellschaft für Gesundheitberatung e. V. (GGB). The focus of the training concept is theoretically and practically on nutrition “whole foods rich in vital substances”. After a few seminars there is a written and an oral exam. Afterwards, the successful graduates receive a certificate as a “medically certified health advisor (GGB)”.

In 1984 Bruker and Ilse Gutjahr founded the emu publishing house, which is now based in the “Dr. Max Otto Bruker House”.

The Bruker House in Lahnstein has existed since 1994 , which he inaugurated himself and in which he taught and worked until a year before his death.

Publications (selection)

  • Sick through stress , Schnitzer-Verlag, Sankt Georgen 1971, later editions as life-related diseases , Bioverlag Gesundleben, Hopferau, 1982.
  • Preface to The Gentle Murderers. Nuclear power plants unmasked , author: Ralph Graeub, Rüschlikon-Zürich 1972.
  • Beware of fluorine. The problem of caries Bioverlag Gesundleben, Hopferau, 1984; ISBN 3-89189-013-3 .
  • Our food - our fate, in this book you will learn everything about the causes, prevention and curability of diet-related diseases of civilization. Emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 1986; ISBN 3-89189-003-6 .
  • Allergies do not have to be the causes and treatment of neurodermatitis, rashes, eczema, hay fever and asthma. Emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 1992; ISBN 3-89189-033-8 .
  • Healthy through proper eating, improvement and healing of many modern diseases. Orbis-Verlag, Munich 2000; ISBN 3-572-01131-0 .
  • Sick from sugar, sugar as a pathogenetic factor, collected research results as the basis for revolutionary renewals in dietetics, with basic rules for an effective medicinal diet. Helfer-Verlag Schwabe, Bad Homburg 1992; ISBN 3-87323-000-3 .
  • Anyone who eats diets gets sick, miracle diets take a closer look at the sense and nonsense of one-sided forms of nutrition. Emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 1992; ISBN 3-89189-037-0 .
  • The botch with milk , Emu-Verlag Lahnstein, 9th edition 2010, ISBN 9783891890455 .

literature

  • Eberhard Cölle: Talks about life, interim balance sheet of a 75-year-old “Now and here”, on the 75th birthday of MO Bruker. Verlag Natur und Gesund, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-924877-02-5 .
  • Johannes Bollmer (ed.): Revelations about the nutrition pope . Catalonia Verlag, Buxtehude 1988, ISBN 3-927363-00-6 .
  • Mathias Jung (Ed.): "... but the highest medicine is love", a Max Otto Bruker reading book for Max Otto Bruker's birthday. Emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 1992, ISBN 3-89189-041-9 .
  • Jörg Melzer: Whole food nutrition. Dietetics, naturopathy, National Socialism, social demands. Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08278-6 , pp. 355-392.
  • Siegfried Pater: Dr. med. Max Otto Bruker, the health doctor. Retap, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-931988-07-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition : Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Demands , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3515082786 , p. 384.
  2. ^ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, pages 358 and 410.
  3. ↑ Jutta Ditfurth: Brown Muesli. "Food Pope" with neo-Nazi contacts . In: Max . April 1994, p. 201 .
  4. ↑ Joachim Radkau : A Brief History of the German Anti- Atomic Force Movement , (APuZ 46-47 / 2011)
  5. ↑ Jörg Melzer: Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, p. 396 and 370.
  6. ↑ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, p. 365.
  7. ↑ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, p. 369.
  8. ^ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, p. 371.
  9. ↑ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, p. 377.
  10. ^ Franz Greß, Hans-Gerd Jaschke, Klaus Schönekäs, New Right and Right-Wing Extremism in Europe , Opladen 1990, p. 263 f.
  11. ↑ Jutta Ditfurth: Brown Muesli. "Food Pope" with neo-Nazi contacts . In: Max . April 1994, p. 201 .
  12. ^ Judgment of the 16th civil senate of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court of May 11, 1995 (AZ 16 U 135/94 2/3 O 185/94), quoted from: Jutta Ditfurth, Entspannt in die Barbarei. Esotericism, (eco) fascism and biocentrism , 3rd edition, Hamburg 2003, p. 51.
  13. ↑ Uwe Heyll: Water, fasting, air and light: the history of naturopathy in Germany Campus Verlag, 2006 - 310 pp.
  14. ^ Claus Leitzmann, Markus Keller, Andreas Hahn, Alternative Nutrition Forms , Georg Thieme Verlag 2005, p. 136.
  15. ↑ Ökotrophologie , Volume 2, Verlag Neuer Merkur 2005, p. 156.
  16. ↑ Hans-Konrad Biesalski, Nutritional Medicine : based on the Nutritional Medicine curriculum of the German Medical Association, 3rd edition, Georg Thieme Verlag, 2004, ISBN 313100293X , p. 628.
  17. ^ Jörg Melzer, Whole Foods Nutrition: Dietetics, Naturopathy, National Socialism, Social Claims , p. 385.
  18. ^ MO Bruker: Atherosclerosis - Another Carbohydrate Problem. Recent developments. In: Landarzt (1965), Volume 41, pp. 274-277. PMID 14339116 .
  19. ^ MO Bruker: Special nutrition prevents poliomyelitis. In: Landarzt (1961), Volume 37, pp. 1228-1229. PMID 13873936 .
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  24. ^ AK Allen, NN Desai, A. Neuberger, JM Creeth: Properties of potato lectin and the nature of its glycoprotein linkages. In: Biochem J. (1978), Vol. 171, No. 3, pp. 665-674. PMID 666730 ; PMC 1184012 (free full text).
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personal data
SURNAME Bruker, Max Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2001
Place of death Lahnstein