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
Some nutty faddist hoping to cash in on the national hunger for books that help you get thin?
From Time Magazine Archive
On the basis of this evidence it would be easy to kiss off the play as just another sample of faddist effluvia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hosts of the cool-headed thinking men are away at such a time, and in the general confusion the faddist and the anarchist get a chance to put their theories into practice.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth
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