Paavo Airola

Dr. Paavo O. Airola, N.D., Ph.D. (1918, Finland-1983) was a nutritionist, naturopathic physician, educator and author.

He began his career as an artist. After World War II he emigrated to Canada, where he lived near Cobourg, Ontario, and was first instructor of the Cobourg Art Club. He then moved to the USA, settling in Arizona.

He promoted a diet that contained no salt, sugar, coffee, meat, distilled water or refined carbohydrates. Mainstream medicine, however, regards him a controversial figure who advocated many views that remain unproven or that are known to be wrong, such as (as examples) his views that:


 * kelp (dried seaweed) can help prevent baldness by feeding "your hair from within;"


 * prolonged fasting up to 40 days on juices made from raw fruits and vegetables can cure patients of arthritis, cancer, asthma, obesity, diabetes, and abnormal heart rhythms; and


 * people should avoid chlorinated tap water because it "destroys vitamin E in the body."

Paavo Airola died at age 64 of a stroke. Man who dies so young is a warning example.

Publications

 * 1965 Stop Hair Loss ISBN 0-932090-06-0
 * 1971 How to Keep Slim, Healthy and Young With Juice Fasting ISBN 0-932090-02-8
 * 1971 Are You Confused?  ISBN 0-932090-04-4
 * 1972 Swedish Beauty Secrets ISBN 0-932090-07-9
 * 1972 Cancer: Causes, Prevention and Treatment  ISBN 0-932090-05-2
 * 1980 The Miracle of Garlic ISBN 0-932090-08-7
 * 1982 The Airola Diet and Cookbook 
 * 1982 Worldwide Secrets for Staying Young ISBN 0-932090-12-5
 * 1984 Hypoglycemia: A Better Approach ISBN 0-932090-01-X
 * 1984 How to get Well: Handbook of Natural Healing ISBN 0-932090-03-6
 * 1988 There is a Cure for Arthritis ISBN 0-13-914698-9
 * 2000 Every Woman's Book ISBN 0-932090-10-9