1. Ann Wigmore was influenced by Charles Darwin's ideas that humans were just another kind of animal, noting that other animals do not cook their food.
19 Facts About Ann Wigmore
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Ann Wigmore was one of the first to popularize these ideas about raw food in the US.
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Ann Wigmore was inspired by the biblical story of King Nebuchadnezzar, recounted in Daniel 4:33, in which "he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws", and by the examples of dogs eating grass when they were unwell.
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Ann Wigmore said that she learned about herbs and natural remedies as a child in Lithuania, watching her grandmother.
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Ann Wigmore believed that fresh wheatgrass juice and fresh vegetables - and especially chlorophyll - retained more of their original energy and potency if they were uncooked and eaten as soon as possible after harvesting them.
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Ann Wigmore listed a Doctor of Philosophy and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree at different times.
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Ann Wigmore was the founder and president of the National Humane League, an animal welfare organization.
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Ann Wigmore authored the book, Our Precious Pets: God Made Them For Love, published in 1987.
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Ann Wigmore was an advocate of astrology, spiritual healing, and other pseudoscientific beliefs.
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Ann Wigmore held the erroneous view that the chlorophyll in wheatgrass detoxifies the body and has healing power.
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Ann Wigmore was sued by the Massachusetts Attorney-General's department in 1988 for publishing pamphlets falsely claiming to offer an AIDS cure.
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Ann Wigmore claimed that AIDS arises from "the body's inability to assimilate the food consumed" and for around $400 sold lessons to make an "energy enzyme soup" that she said allowed an infected person's body to completely clear the virus.
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Ann Wigmore was acquitted under the First Amendment as the claims were deemed not to be commercial claims made in trade, but was ordered not to misrepresent herself as a doctor qualified to treat illness or disease.
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In 1988, the Massachusetts Attorney General sued Ann Wigmore for claiming that her "energy enzyme soup" could cure AIDS.
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In 1982, the Attorney General of Massachusetts sued Ann Wigmore for claiming that her program could reduce or eliminate the need for insulin in diabetics, and could obviate the need for routine immunization in children.
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Ann Wigmore's husband was in the family stone masonry business.
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On January 12,1942, Ann Wigmore became a United States citizen.
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Ann Wigmore had been making tea in the kitchen when the fire erupted.
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Ann Wigmore had written about twenty five books and had lectured on her ideas in the US, Canada, and Europe.