Howard Hay

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William Howard Hay (December 14, 1866 , † April 20, 1940 ) was an American physician who founded the food combining .

Life

Hay graduated from New York University Medical College in 1891 and practiced as a doctor and surgeon for 16 years. When he fell ill with severe kidney disease ( Bright's Disease ) in 1907 , he developed the Hay diet or Hay combining diet . According to his own statements, he should have recovered from what was then considered to be incurable within three months. From then on, Hay believed that the cause of all civilization diseases was an over-acidification of the body due to the simultaneous intake of protein and carbohydrates . He therefore divided foods into three groups: acid-forming foods (rich in protein), base-forming foods (rich in carbohydrates) and neutral foods. But since almost all foods contain both protein and carbohydrates and digestion is possible at the same time, Hay's views are now considered scientifically unfounded. The theses postulated by Hay could not be confirmed in a study. In Germany, the food combining was popularized by Heinrich Ludwig Walb.

Hay died in a car accident over 30 years after developing kidney disease at the age of 74.

Fonts

  • Health via food. 1929.
  • Building better bodies. 1932.
  • A new health era. 1933.
  • Weight control. 1935.
  • The Hay system of child development. 1936.
  • Some human ailments. 1937.
  • Who are the quacks? 1940.
  • Superior health through nutrition. 1944.
  • What price health. 1946.
  • Medical millennium. 1947.
  • How to always be well. 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b German Society for Nutrition: Haysche food combining is not recommended as a long-term form of nutrition ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ); from: DGE-special 02/98 of April 21, 1998
  2. ↑ Institute of Nutrition Information: Hay'sche food combining ; German Nutrition Advice and Information Network (DEBInet)
  3. ↑ Golay, Allaz, Ybarra, Bianchi, Saraiva, Mensi, Gomis, de Tonnac: Similar weight loss with low-energy food combining or balanced diets. In: International Journal of Obesity , Volume 24, 4, pp. 492-496 (2000). DOI: 10.1038 / sj.ijo.0801185
personal data
SURNAME Hay, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hay, William Howard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1866
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1940