What Makes You Sick or Diseased, Germs or the Foods You Eat?
Print this entryMost Americans are probably familiar with Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) germ theory, but few know about Antoine Béchamp (1816–1908) and his work stating that diet was the cause of disease. Despite being scientific contemporaries, fellow members of the French Academy of Science, and fellow compatriots, the two nineteenth-century researchers had a prolonged rivalry both within and outside the academy due to the diametrical differences in their views on biology and disease pathology. In spite of the fact that Béchamp…