John Harvey Kellogg

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John Harvey Kellogg

1852–1943

A physician, health reformer, and tireless promoter of vegetarian diets, hydrotherapy, and exercise, he became one of the most talked-about wellness figures of his era. He is also closely tied to the creation of corn flakes and to the rise of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan.

2 Audiobooks

Plain Facts for Old and Young

Plain Facts for Old and Young

by John Harvey Kellogg

First Book in Physiology and Hygiene

First Book in Physiology and Hygiene

by John Harvey Kellogg

About the author

Born in 1852, he was an American doctor and Seventh-day Adventist medical reformer whose career centered on the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium. There he promoted a strict program of diet, fresh air, exercise, and other health treatments that helped make the institution nationally known.

He wrote widely on health and nutrition and became especially associated with vegetarian eating and new breakfast foods. Along with his brother Will Keith Kellogg, he played an important role in developing corn flakes, though the brothers later followed different paths.

Today he is remembered as a complicated historical figure: influential in the history of wellness, diet, and preventive medicine, but also controversial for some of his beliefs and teachings. That mix of innovation, ambition, and debate has kept interest in his life and work alive long after his death in 1943.