1. Emmet Densmore was an American businessman, physician and natural hygiene advocate who promoted an early version of the Paleolithic diet.
22 Facts About Emmet Densmore
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Emmet Densmore was the son of Joel and Sophia Densmore.
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Emmet Densmore bought and sold oil wells and for several years worked with his brother James Densmore in developing the Sholes typewriter.
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The first Emmet Densmore typewriter appeared on the market in 1891.
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Emmet Densmore was President of Garfield Tea Company, Brooklyn which produced "Garfield Tea", made entirely from herbs.
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Emmet Densmore married Elizabeth Heard in 1855, Helen Barnard in 1881 and Mabelle Hoff in 1905.
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Emmet Densmore owned a 110-acre ranch in Los Alamitos, the majority of land consisted of fruit trees.
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Emmet Densmore was President of the Barnard Densmore Company which manufactured distilled water and preserved fruits in Los Angeles.
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Emmet Densmore wrote the introduction to Hudson Tuttle's book Arcana of Nature.
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Emmet Densmore promoted a fruit and meat diet, which he believed was the natural food of primal man.
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Emmet Densmore stated that "bread is the staff of death".
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Emmet Densmore opposed the consumption of bread, cereal, pulses and vegetables.
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Emmet Densmore believed that all starch foods were not beneficial and urged the use of sweet fruits in their place.
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Emmet Densmore's recommended diet consisted of fruit, meat, nuts, fish, eggs and milk.
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Emmet Densmore believed that the natural life of man should be 120 years.
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Emmet Densmore was a fierce opponent of the medical profession and vegetarianism.
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Emmet Densmore opposed the use of all drugs and believed that dietetic and natural hygienic measures could cure disease.
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Emmet Densmore authored the book The Natural Food of Man, and moved to Britain just before 1890.
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Emmet Densmore edited the London monthly magazine, Natural Food and with his wife Helen, edited the health magazine Earnest Words.
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Obituaries in several medical journals and newspapers have stated that Emmet Densmore died at Cassadaga, Florida after two years of illness on February 18,1911.
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Emmet Densmore left a large part of his fortune to the Tuskegee Institute.
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Emmet Densmore requested for his body to be given to a medical school for dissection.