Jack LaLanne
Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral problems but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg.
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"Well it is. It is a religion with me. It's a way of life. A religion is a way of life, isn't it?"
"When he was 15, his distressed mother dragged him to a lecture on healthful living being given by nutritionist Paul Bragg."
"When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot, . The doctors used to say, 'Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll get hemorrhoids, you won't get an erection, you women will look like men, you a…"
"But Bragg offered salvation to LaLanne: He could be "born again" and be the healthful and strong person he wanted to be — if he changed his ways."
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1914
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