Word: faddist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some nutty faddist hoping to cash in on the national hunger for books that help you get thin? Well, not quite. The man with such readiness to demonstrate his exercise techniques (in addition to body rolls, he suggests two types of sit-ups), and with imminent publishing plans, is Michael Deaver, the normally discreet and least noticeable of President Reagan's top aides. He recently lost 33 lbs. (from 183 lbs. on his 5-ft. 7-in. frame). He intends to reveal the details of his White House regimen for tightening belts, even as the federal deficit grows ever...
...need not be a granola and beansprout faddist now to question processed foods. In the '60s, when Adelle Davis (Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit) preached against the dangers of good old American "enriched" white flour, she seemed no more than another village crank. To consumers obsessed with the astounding levels of sodium in processed foods, claims Author Brody...
...kind eccentric, a penny pincher who brought his lunch to work in a brown paper bag, a health faddist who crawled on all fours as a form of exercise, a gambler who sometimes had $50,000 riding on a single afternoon's sports events. Says Bunker of his father: "We never disagreed on anything much...