Benedict Lust (February 3, 1872 – September 5, 1945) was a German-American who was one of the founders of naturopathic medicine in the first decades of the twentieth century.

[3] Lust established a branch of Just's Jungborn in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey and translated in 1903 Just's book Kehrt zur Natur zurück!

[5] Lust established health resorts known as Yungborn in Butler, New Jersey and Tangerine, Florida which acted as the Winter Campus for the American School of Naturopathy until 2001.

He became known as the "Father of Naturopathy" in America, and his writings and magazines introduced Americans not only to German methods, but also Indian concepts of Ayurveda and Yoga.

Paramahansa Yogananda was one of several Indians who wrote articles for Nature’s Path in the 1920s, gaining wide exposure to a large American audience.

"[9] Lust eschewed the use of drugs and believed that all diseases, including cancer, could be cured by natural processes.

[14] In 1921, Lust was arrested for criminal libel against Frances Benzecry, a private detective for the American Medical Association.

[14] Lust wrote that Benzecry was "a disgrace to American womanhood and to the free soil of America on which she treads".