Pseudoscientific diet advocates

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and businesswoman. The daughter of filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, she established herself as a leading lady appearing in primarily mid-budget and period films during the 1990s and early 2000s, before transitioning to blockbusters and franchises. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist

purported clairvoyant healer and psychic (1877–1945)

Deepak Chopra is an American author, New Age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. In the 1990s, Chopra, a physician by education, became a popular proponent of a pseudoscientific approach to well-being that includes yoga, meditation, and nutrition, among other New Age therapies.

American actress (1946–2023)

personal physician to Adolf Hitler (1886-1948)

American religious leader (1897-1975)

Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)

American Presbyterian minister and dietary reformer

Swiss physician (1867-1939)

twentieth century Japanese philosopher (1893–1966)

American cardiologist (1930-2003)

German biochemist (1908–2003)

American writer (1860–1911)

German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959)

American medical researcher (1866–1922)

American fraudulent physician (1885-1942)

American medical writer (1895–1985)

Japanese educator (1926-2014)

American physician

Jasmuheen (born Ellen Greve; 1957.) is an Australian proponent of "pranic nourishment" or breatharianism, the alleged practice of living entirely without food and drink. She makes appearances at New Age conferences worldwide, has hosted spiritual retreats in Thailand and has released books and audio recordings. Her claims have been condemned by the scientific community as a dangerous pseudoscience.

American quack, fraud, swindler and serial killer (1867-1938)

Canadian naturopath and practitioner of alternative medicine (1928–2009)

nutritionist and author (1895-1976)

Russian scientist (1904-1992)

Canadian biochemist, physician and psychiatrist (1917–2009)

South African propagandist of Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and writer on controversial health subjects. (1876–1964)

American physical culturist and magazine publisher (1868–1955)

American alternative medicine proponent and purveyor of anti-vaccination misinformation

American alternative medic (1837–1904)

German naturopath (1859–1936)

Iranian writer (1931–2004)

American physician (1851–1940)

American psychiatrist and self-help author (b. 1954)

Australian promoter of alternative medicin

American physician

Hungarian scholar (1905–1979)

Family Physician and author

Austrian naturopath and alternative cancer treatment advocate (1899–1990)

19th century iconic concocter

Australian blogger, app publisher and alternative health advocate who falsely claimed donations to charity and to have terminal brain cancer

American writer (1812-1877)

American physician

American esotericist and health writer (1903–1965)

British parapsychologist (1880–1958)

American alternative medicine writer

German physician (1872–1945)

German nutritionist (1877–1919)

German physician, alternative medicine practitioner, AIDS denier, and conspiracy theorist

Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and Mass Communications expert

American physician

American playwright and writer (1898–1971)

Swedish biochemist who lived in Germany and promoted the importance of minerals and acid-base balance in diet

Brazilian writer

Scottish television presenter and writer

medium and author

American health food enthusiast (1849-1919)

Austrian-Czech physician

American physician (1881-1966)

American holistic health practitioner