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Weston A. Price
1870 – 1948Dentist whose global survey of traditional diets tied refined food to physical degeneration.
Roger J. Williams
1893 – 1988Discovered pantothenic acid and argued for biochemical individuality — the idea beneath functional medicine.
Ancel Keys
1904 – 2004The Seven Countries Study put diet at the centre of cardiovascular prevention.
Jeffrey Bland
b. 1946Coined and codified functional medicine; founded the Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991.
Terry Wahls
b. 1955Reversed her own progressive MS disability with a mitochondrial-nutrition protocol, then trialled it.
Mark Hyman
b. 1959Took functional medicine mainstream through the Cleveland Clinic Center and a run of bestsellers.
Tieraona Low Dog
b. 1963Herbalist-physician who shaped US botanical-medicine standards and education.