Jack LaLanne
Overview
United States
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fitness
Physical fitness
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, exercise, and nutritional expert
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
and motivational speaker
Motivational speaker
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who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero." He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food
Junk food
Junk food is an informal term applied to some foods that are perceived to have little or no nutritional value ; to products with nutritional value, but which also have ingredients considered unhealthy when regularly eaten; or to those considered unhealthy to consume at all...
junkie" until he was 15. He also had behavioral problems, but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture by Paul Bragg
Paul Bragg
Paul Bragg , nutritionist, was a pioneer in America’s wellness movement.- Early life :Born as Paul Chappius Bragg, Bragg claimed he was born in 1881 in Fairfax County, Virginia , but genealogical research indicates he was born on February 6, 1895 in Batesville, Indiana. He was probably named after...
, a well-known nutrition speaker.