Editing Maximilian Bircher-Benner (section)

==Biography==
Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner was born on 22 August 1867 in [[Aarau]], Switzerland, to Heinrich Bircher and Berta Krüsi.<ref name="Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner">{{Cite web|title = Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner|url = http://www.cooksinfo.com/maximilian-oskar-bircher-benner|website = CooksInfo.com|access-date = 2015-10-09}}</ref> He attended the [[University of Zurich]] to study medicine, and later opened his own general clinic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maximilian Bircher-Benner |url=https://www.benner.org.nz/index.php/stories/benner-europe/208-maximilian-bircher-benner |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.benner.org.nz}}</ref>

During the first year the clinic was open, Bircher-Benner developed [[jaundice]], and he claimed he recovered by eating raw apples. From this observation, he experimented with the health effects raw foods have on the body, and from this he promoted muesli; a dish based on raw oats, fruits and nuts.<ref name ="Zurich Development Center">{{Cite web|title = Biography of Max Bircher-Benner – Zurich Development Center|url = http://www.zurichdevelopmentcenter.com/aboutzurichdevelopmentcenter/locationhistory/biographybircher.htm|website = www.zurichdevelopmentcenter.com|access-date = 2015-10-09}}</ref> Bircher-Benner expanded on his nutritional research and opened a sanatorium called "Vital Force" in 1897. He believed raw fruits and vegetables held the most nutritional value, cooked and commercially processed foods held even less, and meat held the least nutritional value. Eventually, Bircher-Benner gave up meat entirely and became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]]. Other scientists of the time did not respond well to what Bircher-Benner referred to as his "new food science," but was sufficiently popular with the general public that he expanded his sanatorium practice.<ref name="Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner"/><ref name="BMJ">{{Cite journal|title = Notes on Books|issue = 3864|journal = The British Medical Journal|volume = 1|date = 1925-01-26|pages = 157 |jstor = 25343029}}</ref>

His nutritional habits and eating patterns steadily grew in popularity until he died on 24 January 1939 in [[Zürich]].<ref name="Dr. M. Bircher-Benner">{{Cite journal|title = Dr. M. Bircher-Benner|date = 1939-02-11|journal = The British Medical Journal|volume = 1|issue = 4075|pages = 307|jstor = 20302420}}</ref>