The Resume

(February 25, 1904-May 31, 1974)
Born in Lizton, Indiana
Birth name was Daisie Adelle Davis
Nutritionist and diet book author
Wrote 'Optimum Health' (1935), 'You Can Stay Well' (1939), 'Vitality Through Planned Nutrition' (1942), 'Let's Cook It Right' (1947), 'Let's Have Healthy Children' (1951), 'Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit' (1954) and 'Let's Get Well' (1965)
Under the pen name Jane Dunlap, wrote 'Exploring Inner Space: Personal Experiences Under LSD-25' (1961)

Why she might be annoying:

She was a proponent of dubious 'megavitamin' therapies.
Many of the physicians cited for support in her books complained that they had been misquoted or misrepresented.
'Let's Have Healthy Children' was recalled and re-edited after a two month old child died when his parents followed Davis' recommendations by treating his colic with potassium chloride (1978).
She said, 'I think the crime scene, the mental-health scene, the drug scene are related to nutritional defects.'
She claimed she never saw anyone get cancer who drank a quart of milk a day as she did.
When she was diagnosed with bone cancer, she complained, 'I thought this was for people who drink soft drinks, who eat white bread, who eat refined sugar and so on.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She adopted two children.
In her diet books, she emphasized making meals delicious as well as nutritious.
She criticized obstetricians who forced pregnant women to control their weight too stringently.
In a poll by online magazine 'Insight on the News,' she placed #6 on the 'Scientists of the Century' list.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 28]
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• I Abused LSD
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended Columbia
• I Attended Purdue University
• I Attended UCLA
• I Attended University of California, Berkeley
• I Attended University of Southern California
• I Created a Diet
• I Died in 1974 (Ranked: 70)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Have Bone Cancer
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• My Name is Davis
• Profiles 28501-28750 (Ranked: 28624)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 59 Votes: 71.19% Annoying