1. Hans Diehl was an American nutritionist and Seventh-day Adventist, best known for his advocacy of lifestyle medicine and whole food plant-based nutrition.
14 Facts About Hans Diehl
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Hans Diehl was the founder of the Complete Health Improvement Program.
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Hans Diehl credited his early interest in healthy lifestyle to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Hans Diehl was inspired by the research of Denis Burkitt and Nathan Pritikin who he had met and worked with.
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Hans Diehl was concerned that Pritikin's program was only available for those who could afford it so in 1988 he founded the Complete Health Improvement Program, a comprehensive lifestyle intervention that advocates a whole-food plant-based diet and incorporates the importance of exercise, kindness and sleep.
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Hans Diehl stated that CHIP is not "ideologically structured as a vegetarian or vegan program" but based on lifestyle changes.
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Hans Diehl obtained a Master of Public Health and Doctor of Health Science from Loma Linda University in 1975.
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Hans Diehl was a professor of preventative medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
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Hans Diehl established the Lifestyle Medicine Institute in Loma Linda, California which enhanced knowledge of the role lifestyle plays in health.
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Hans Diehl was a speaker at the 35th World Vegetarian Congress in 2002.
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In 2015, Hans Diehl was inducted in the North American Vegetarian Society's Vegan Hall of Fame.
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Hans Diehl's books have been translated into 36 languages and over two million copies sold.
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Hans Diehl died from an AFib-related stroke at Loma Linda University Medical Center on 2 August 2023, aged 77.
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Hans Diehl was married to Lily Pan Diehl a pianist and singer, they had two children.