faddist
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When we consider the importance of both digestibility and non-digestibility in our diets, some of the scientific holes in prevailing food faddist arguments are exposed as well.
From US News ● Jul. 13, 2015
Nutrition faddist John Harvey Kellogg, whose sanatorium briefly embraced Fletcherism, tried to re-enliven mealtimes by hiring a quartette to sing “The Chewing Song,” an original Kellogg composition, while diners grimly toiled.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
One infantryman is a vaudevillian who does imitations of movie stars; another is a musclebound health faddist whose casual rejection of a man-eating mademoiselle's advances comes straight out of Li'l Abner.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a high-income highly competitive market, appliances have become increasingly faddist and highly styled, and the company that hesitates to change is lost.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am unnaturally observant, and though some people may think I am a faddist, there is very little that escapes my notice.
From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by H. Taprell (Henry Taprell) Dorling
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