Norman Wardhaugh Walker (4 January 1886, Genoa, Italy – 6 June 1985, Cottonwood, Arizona[1]) was a British businessman and pioneer in the field of vegetable juicing and nutritional health.
Several official sources, including [2][3][4] the US Social Security Death Index[5] and a grave marker[6] all indicate that he actually lived to be 99 years of age.
Since I reached maturity, I have never been aware of being any older, and I can say, without equivocation or mental reservation, that I feel more alive, alert, and full of enthusiasm today than I did when I was 30 years old.
Margaret Walker died in New York City in November 1970 (NY Times obituary and Social Security Death Index).
The original charges involved advertisements placed in the New York Times by Walker, as managing director for The Broughton Institute of Ortho-Dietetics in NY City, wherein he allegedly promised employment with this school following completion of a six-weeks course.
According to a Probation Officer testifying at the Walker trial, 30 graduated students lost a total of $4,500 (approximately $80,000 in 2015 dollars per CPI calculation).
In the late 1940s, he moved to St. George, Utah, where he found an old cotton mill, ideal for his juice plant, but he was again suppressed by local health department regulations.
Walker advocated a diet based solely on raw and fresh foods like vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.
Walker devoted large sections of many of his books to the description of the different organs of the human body, explaining how the digestive system and the various glands work.
In his book, Pure and Simple Natural Weight Control, Walker stated: "If the feces in the colon have putrefied and fermented, any nutritional elements present in it would pass into the bloodstream as polluted products.
Walker maintained that the Standard American Diet causes the colon to be filled with toxins that strain the eliminative channels and, ultimately, the immune system.
He explained that pathogenic organisms find an ideal breeding ground in the excess mucus that dairy products generate.
His writings reflect a wide interest in different aspects of health and nutrition; besides authoring eight books, he also produced three wall charts.