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John Yudkin FRSC (8 August 1910 – 12 July 1995) was a British physiologist and nutritionist, and the founding Professor of the Department of Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College, London. Yudkin wrote several books recommending low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss, including This Slimming Business (1958).
Pure, White and Deadly is a 1972 book by John Yudkin, a British nutritionist and former Chair of Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College, London. [1] Published in New York, it was the first publication by a scientist to anticipate the adverse health effects, especially in relation to obesity and heart disease, of the public's increased sugar consumption.
Jean Mayer (19 April 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a French-American scientist best known for his research on the physiological bases of hunger and the metabolism of essential nutrients, and for his role in shaping policy on world hunger at both the national and international levels.
John James Rickard Macleod, FRS, FRSE [1] (6 September 1876 – 16 March 1935), was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism .
The John James Group, a publicly quoted company, was set up in 1964 as a holding company for small companies in the South West, Midlands and South Wales concentrating on light engineering, building and manufacturing, including footwear. [7] [8] The group was sold in 1979 to Wolseley Hughes for £23.7 million. [9]
John Emil Halver (April 21, 1922 – October 24, 2012) [1] was an American biochemist known for his research into the nutritional biochemistry, physiology, and cellular biochemistry of fish. [2] His work on the nutritional needs of fish led to modern methods of fish farming and fish feed production around the world. [ 3 ]
Roger John Williams (August 14, 1893 – February 20, 1988), was an American biochemist.He is known for is work on vitamins and human nutrition. He had leading roles in the discovery of folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, lipoic acid, and avidin. [1]
In 1936, he delivered the Goulstonian Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians, on the subject of Medical problems in mineral metabolism, [4] the keystone based on his research on salt deficiency. In 1938, at the invitation of J. A. Ryle, he was promoted to Reader and moved to Cambridge. [2]