St. Louis Estes

Who is St. Louis Estes?

St. Louis Albert Estes was an American doctor and proponent of a raw food diet. He believed that one of the most common causes of sickness and chronic disease was an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Originally a dentist, Estes was unhealthy and aged at the age of thirty; he began a raw food diet and changed his health, and began speaking on the topic in lectures around the country. Estes also believed in breathing techniques that would achieve maximum absorption of oxygen. One of his books, Raw Food and Health, published in 1927, is still a classic in the Raw, Living Food community today.