Biography
Since the time of the ancient shamans and healers, the concept of alternative medicine appeared in the world, and one of its bright representatives in America was a businessman, naturopath and writer Paul Bragg. After a man became popular thanks to the lectures about the right nutrition and promotion of a healthy lifestyle, he was called a fraudster, but there were people who studied the books of the author and used his techniques every day.Childhood and youth
Throughout the life, Paul Chappiius Bragg said that he was born in 1881, but, according to official information, his date was considered on February 6, 1895.
The family of the future entrepreneur and healer, who lived in the city of Batesville, Indiana, was the father of Robert, Mother Carolina and two more James Elton and John Harrison Bragg. The head of the name worked in the state typography, but the floor claimed that he was a farmer and worked hard, raising 16 children.
The further biography of the future naturopath is also full of pioneering and discrepancies, so the only information that has been verified is the fact of service in the National Guard for 3 years.
Career
According to official data, Career Bragg began in 1915 in Indianapolis, where he was an insurance agent in Metlife, Inc. And then there were moving to the eastern coast of America and admission to the post of physical education teacher and coach of football players of Connersville High School.Embed from getty imagesIn 1926, Bragg became an entrepreneur in the field of health and opened a medical center in Los Angeles, where he initially used people who came from the street, and then those who read advertising in Los Angeles Times.
Then the five printed lines turned into a news column, where the businessman gave recommendations on a healthy lifestyle, and since 1929, the Center has emerged outside the coast due to lectures read in other cities.
Embed from getty imagesIn 1929, Bragg employs neighboring states, talking about proper nutrition, charging and loads. But after the meetings paid paid advice, and hundreds of dollars fell on his account. In addition, the floor distributed a book about the health book, known as "cure himself," but in a couple of years it turned out that this material was published earlier, and the pseudo-asseninglers were involved in the violation of copyright.
Subsequently, the entrepreneur moved to Desert-Hot Springs in California, and spent the rest of his life on the coast of Hawaii.
Health and book techniques
During the years of Career, Bragg paten a dozen techniques of recovery, but the most popular was the one that is described in the book "Miracle of the starvation", released in the 1940s. In it, the author claimed that the refusal of food contributes not only to a decrease in weight, but the healing of the body from various diseases, including pneumonia, tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis.
The essence of therapy was a diet at which a person excludes all the products from the diet and drink distilled water within 1, 3, 7 or 10 days, and honey and lemon juice can be used. At the same time, it is necessary to do exercises for muscles, joints and spine and moving as much as possible and walking.
After the expiration of the starvation period, Bragg recommended a list of recipes for dishes from useful products illustrated by photos, and strongly advised to exclude minerals, coffee and alcohol. For more information about this, the businessman wrote in the book "Shocking True on Water and Salt", which emerged after the first work and caused no less interest.
Criticism
Since 1931, these and other works have been criticized, and healer who did not have medical education was attracted by a number of articles.He was accused of improper marking of products made at its factory, as well as falsifying medicines, which instead of treatment, irreparable harm was applied. In an interview with the Press, who was interested in the proceedings, the floor was hushed by book quotes, arguing that he was acting within the law and cares about the health of people.
Personal life
In 1915, the female female became the NEVE PARNIN, who after the birth of children refused marriage and provided Bragg with the new spouse Gertrude, in the early 1930s, asking his personal life.
Death
Like birth, the last days of the life of Bragg turned into a chain of mythical events, which could never be.But in fact, on December 7, 1976, the businessman fell into the hospital, and the cause of his death was not the death on the surfboard, but a heart attack that caused a banal infarction.
Bibliography
- "Make yourself"
- "Miracle of starvation"
- "Formula of perfection"
- "Spine - the key to health"
- "Shocking truth about water and salt"
- "Stable nervous system. A heart"
- "Wonder Water"