Béla Bicsérdy

Béla Bicsérdy (Zenta, February 22, 1874 – Billings, Montana, December 7, 1951) was a Hungarian pioneer in health culture, lifestyle reformer, alternative medicine advocate, lecturer, author of many books, athlete, supporter of rawism, fasting and holistic therapies.

Life and career

According to Bicsérdy, after medical doctors couldn't cure him from his illnesses, he became a raw foodist and took long fasts. Bicsérdy claimed that he cured himself from all his illnesses, and his hair and lost teeth grew back.

In the 1920s, Bicsérdy inspired a great many people in Transylvania and Hungary promoting a regime of a raw vegetarian diet (mostly fruits with some bread and raw milk), regular fasting, sunbathing, daily outdoor exercising and regular water-cure. He claimed that any person who followed his regime will be cured of illness and will live hundreds of years, just as known possible from ancient times (the Bible for example reported many long-lived people).

Bicsérdy delivered lectures throughout Transylvania where he had his greatest following. and then in 1951 to the USA, where he died in the same year, at the age of 79.