Marilyn Diamond
{{short description|American author and speaker}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marilyn Diamond
| occupation = Health & Longevity Author
Spokesperson
| years_active = 1985–present
| spouse = Donald "Dr. Rock" Schnell
}}
Marilyn Diamond is an American author and speaker on the topic of anti-aging and longevity. She is known for advocating a "cleansing" or "detoxification" diet.
Career
In 1985,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/health/diets-through-history/ |title=Diets through history: The good, the bad and the scary |author=Lesley Rotchford |publisher=CNN |date=8 February 2013}} with her then husband Harvey Diamond, she co-authored the best-selling health and wellness book Fit for Life.{{cite book|author=Dal LaMagna|title=Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets it Right |url=https://archive.org/details/raisingeyebrowsf0000lama |url-access=registration|date=16 September 2010 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-92143-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/raisingeyebrowsf0000lama/page/109 109]–}} The book built on the natural health movement that had roots in 19th century, and was part of the development of the fascination with celebrity beauty in contemporary American culture.{{cite book |author=Christopher Ziguras|title=Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CksXt89K-6QC&pg=PA69|date=2 June 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-41969-2 |pages=69– }}
Diamond's ideas about diet and aging have been the subject of controversy in the media.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-20-fo-21836-story.html |title=Book May Remain No. 1 Among Readers, but Nutritionists Don't Agree : Diamonds' 'Fit for Life' Theory Refuted by Experts |date=20 March 1986 |author=Rose Dosti |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/fit-for-life/ |title=Fit for Life |work=Diets in Review}}{{cite book |author=Lucy Moll |work=Vegetarian Times |title=Between the lines of 'Fit For Life' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 |date=September 1986|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc. |pages=39– |issn=0164-8497}} In particular, nutritionists disagree with her assertion that some foods should not be eaten together.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carrie-wiatt-ms/fruit-fad-diets_b_978368.html |title=Fruit: Fads, Digestion and Cleanses |author=Carrie Wiatt |work=Huffington Post |date=17 October 2011 }}
Publications
= Books =
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = Fit for Life|publisher = Grand Central Life & Style/Hachette|year = 2010|pages =336 pages|isbn = 978-0446553643}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = Young for Life: The Easy No-Diet, No-sweat Plan to Look and Feel 10 Years Younger|publisher = Rodale Books|year = 2013|pages =352 pages|isbn = 978-1609615420}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = A New Way of Eating from the Fit for Life Kitchen|publisher = Grand Central Publishing|year = 1987|pages =176 pages|isbn = 1609615425}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = Fitonics for Life|publisher = Avon|year = 1998|pages = [https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/448 448 pages]|isbn = 0380789671|url = https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/448}}[http://www.dietspotlight.com/fitonics-for-life-review/ "Fitonics For Life Review"]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Diet Spotlight.
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = The American Vegetarian Cookbook from the Fit for Life Kitchen|publisher = Grand Central Publishing|year = 1990|pages = [https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/422 422 pages]|isbn = 0380789671|url = https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/422}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = Living Health|publisher = Grand Central Publishing|year = 1987|pages = [https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/468 468 pages]|isbn = 0380789671|url = https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/468}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = Recipes for Life: From the Fitonics Kitchen|publisher = Avon Books|year = 1998|pages = [https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/353 353 pages]|isbn = 0380789671|url = https://archive.org/details/fitonicsforlife00mari/page/353}}
- {{cite book|author = Diamond, Marilyn|title = The Fit for Life Cookbook|publisher = Bantam Books|year = 1991|pages =449 pages | isbn = 0553404067}}
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Category:Alternative detoxification promoters
Category:American non-fiction writers