METHUSELAH ARCHIVE LINEAGE / DIETARY-VIRTUE
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Dietary virtue

A historical comparison of disciplined eating, abstention, proprietary foods, and concentrated nutrients presented as routes to vitality or longer life.
span:1558–present
cases:15
status:open · continuing branches
THE THREAD
1558–1640 La vita sobria (Cornaro's sober diet) cornaro-calorie-restriction-1558-1640 1797–1840 Macrobiotics (Hufeland's art of prolonging life) hufeland-macrobiotics-1797-1840 1830–1851 Grahamism (the Graham system of diet and hygiene) sylvester-graham-grahamism-1830-1851 1865–1900 Liebig's Extractum Carnis (LEMCO) liebig-meat-extract-1865-1900 1876–1943 Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea) kellogg-battle-creek-1876-1943 1888–1905 Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure) lahmann-physiatric-sanatorium-1888-1905 1898–1919 Fletcherism (thorough mastication) fletcher-fletcherism-1898-1919 1899–1955 Physical Culture (Macfadden's drugless system) macfadden-physical-culture-1899-1955 1904–1939 Order-energy raw-food regimen (Bircher-Benner's 'Lebendige Kraft' nutrition) bircher-benner-lebenskraft-1904-1939 1907–1916 Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy metchnikoff-bulgarian-yogurt-1907-1916 1908–1935 The Hazzard Fasting Cure hazzard-fasting-cure-1908-1935 1920–1940 The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation') hay-food-combining-1920-1940 1930–1961 Hauser's "Wonder Foods" diet (Look Younger, Live Longer) gayelord-hauser-wonder-foods-1930-1961 1970–present Megadose vitamin C ('orthomolecular' ascorbate therapy) CONTINUING pauling-vitamin-c-megadose-1970-present 2003–present Sirtuin-activating compounds (resveratrol, then NMN) CONTINUING sinclair-resveratrol-nmn-2003-present
THROUGH-LINE

Historical members expanded ordinary nourishment into broader doctrines of health and longevity. Any present member's operation and evidence status remain confined to that member's Case and sources.

The historical record repeatedly expanded eating, abstention, foods, and nutrients into broader doctrines of health and longevity. This page groups source-backed comparison edges for navigation. Any present member’s operation and evidence status are stated only in that member’s Case and attached sources; historical outcomes do not transfer.

At least one member intervention continues, but this thread does not assert a representative present endpoint.

CASES IN THIS LINEAGE
  1. La vita sobria (Cornaro's sober diet) (1558–1640)
  2. Macrobiotics (Hufeland's art of prolonging life) (1797–1840)
  3. Grahamism (the Graham system of diet and hygiene) (1830–1851)
  4. Liebig's Extractum Carnis (LEMCO) (1865–1900)
  5. Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea) (1876–1943)
  6. Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure) (1888–1905)
  7. Fletcherism (thorough mastication) (1898–1919)
  8. Physical Culture (Macfadden's drugless system) (1899–1955)
  9. Order-energy raw-food regimen (Bircher-Benner's 'Lebendige Kraft' nutrition) (1904–1939)
  10. Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy (1907–1916)
  11. The Hazzard Fasting Cure (1908–1935)
  12. The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation') (1920–1940)
  13. Hauser's "Wonder Foods" diet (Look Younger, Live Longer) (1930–1961)
  14. Megadose vitamin C ('orthomolecular' ascorbate therapy) (1970–present) · CONTINUING
  15. Sirtuin-activating compounds (resveratrol, then NMN) (2003–present) · CONTINUING
EDGE EVIDENCE

La vita sobria (Cornaro's sober diet)

  1. Discorsi della vita sobria (Discourses on the Sober Life) (1558)

Macrobiotics (Hufeland's art of prolonging life)

  1. Die Kunst, das menschliche Leben zu verlängern (first edition) (1797)

Grahamism (the Graham system of diet and hygiene)

  1. Sylvester Graham and the Popular Health Movement, 1830-1870 (1931)

Liebig's Extractum Carnis (LEMCO)

  1. A short history of nutritional science: part 1 (1785-1885) (2003)

Biologic living (the Battle Creek Idea)

  1. Autointoxication and historical precursors of the microbiome-gut-brain axis (2018)

Lahmann's Physiatric Regimen (dietetic blood-dyscrasia cure)

  1. Die diätetische Blutentmischung (Dysämie) als Grundursache der Krankheiten: Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Krankheitsanlage und Krankheitsverhütung (1891)

Fletcherism (thorough mastication)

  1. Fletcherism: What It Is, or, How I Became Young at Sixty (1913)

Physical Culture (Macfadden's drugless system)

  1. Replace them by Salads and Vegetables: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900-1939 (2018)

Order-energy raw-food regimen (Bircher-Benner's 'Lebendige Kraft' nutrition)

  1. Food science for all and a new sunlight theory of nutrition (Bircher-Benner, 1928) (1928)

Soured-milk ('Bulgarian bacillus') longevity therapy

  1. The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies (1908)

The Hazzard Fasting Cure

  1. Fasting for the Cure of Disease (1908)

The Hay System (food combining / 'food separation')

  1. A New Health Era (1935)

Hauser's "Wonder Foods" diet (Look Younger, Live Longer)

  1. Replace them by Salads and Vegetables: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900-1939 (2018)

Megadose vitamin C ('orthomolecular' ascorbate therapy)

  1. Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1970)
current continuity: High-Dose IV Vitamin C (IVC), High-Dose Vitamin C (PDQ): Patient Version

Sirtuin-activating compounds (resveratrol, then NMN)

  1. Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To (2019)
current continuity: Lifespan: About the authors, Metro International Biotech, Can supplements containing NMN, NAD+ and resveratrol really slow ageing? Here's what the evidence says
FRAMING SOURCES
  1. A short history of nutritional science: part 1 (1785-1885) (2003)
  2. History of Slimming Diets up to the Late 1950s (2022)
  3. Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part I - autointoxication revisited (2013)