Talk:Jerome Irving Rodale
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Isn't he the author of "the Synonym Finder"? It's a remarkable book and would (if that's indeed the same J.I. Rodale) deserve a mention. Friskpeppermint 04:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that was his, so I added it.
I also made some changes which I think improve the grammar, and clarify points. (For instance, if Prevention started publication in 1950, that was not 'long before' the late 1960s.)
I also cut the point about 'few interested' in alternative health - I don't have figures handy, but I think even in the 50s Prevention's circulation may have reached above a million. Which still might be considered a 'few' relative to the whole US population, so if someone else would rather return that phrasing, I'd accept it.G34j 13:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] raw foodism
Martin Gardner's Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science describes Rodale as a raw foodist, which the article doesn't mention. Is he known for that viewpoint, or did Gardner just dig up an isolated quote? Here's the relevant paragraph (p. 224 of the 1957 edition):
- Even more extreme than the vegetarians are the "raw food" fanatics who rail against the eating of cooked "dead" foods. "No animal eats cooked food," writes Jerome I. Rodale of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, a statement with which one must heartily agree. "Man is the only creature that does," he continues. "It is a known fact that cats thrive much better on raw rather than cooked meat."
