Mikkel Hindhede
Mikkel Hindhede (born February 13, 1862 in Lem Sogn , † December 17, 1945 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish doctor , nutritionist and researcher .
Hindhede grew up on a farm near Ringkøbing in West Jutland . He finished his medical studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1888 with an outstanding exam. He initially worked as a country doctor in his home municipality and from 1891 headed the hospital in Skanderborg . Since Hindhede relied on naturopathic and nutritional medicine , he was controversial among professional colleagues, but gained recognition through healing successes. In 1908 he received the Dannebrogden .
From 1909 Hindhede lived with his family in Copenhagen, where he headed the State Research Institute for Nutritional Research from 1910 to 1932. He did research on protein needs and concluded that previous estimates of at least 100 grams per day were too high. Hindhede recommended eating more black bread , potatoes and vegetables and less meat .
During the First World War , Hindhede advised the Danish government on nutritional issues. When Denmark was forced to ration food during the blockade of 1917 and 1918 , the country, at Hindhede's suggestion, reduced its pig population by 80 percent and the number of dairy cows by a third. In addition, vegetable and fruit production was promoted and alcohol production was limited. As a result of these measures, areas on which animal feed had previously been produced were used for direct human nutrition, so that Denmark, unlike Germany and other countries, did not experience any hunger problems or epidemics and the mortality rate fell below the pre-war level.
Some of his suggestions were already included in the Bavarian Cookbook and its predecessors in the 1920s .
literature
- Jörg Melzer: Mikkel Hindhede: Scientific nutrition research . In: Whole Foods Nutrition. MedGG supplements 20, Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, pp. 104–113.
- Mikkel Hindhede: The effect of Food Restriction on Mortality in Copenhagen during War , Copenhagen 1920
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian television: Video "The Bavarian Cookbook" - Between Spessart and Karwendel. In: ARD Mediathek. Retrieved September 22, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hindhede, Mikkel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish nutrition researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lem Sogn (Skive municipality) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1945 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |