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Michio Kushi | |
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Born | Kokawa, Wakayama prefecture, Japan | May 17, 1926
Died | December 28, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | (aged 88)
Education | Political Science |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Occupation(s) | Author, Lecturer |
Known for | introducing macrobiotics to the West & establishing wholefood industry |
Spouses | |
Children | 5[1] |
Michio Kushi (久司 道夫, Kushi Michio) (May 17, 1926 – December 28, 2014) was a Japanese educator and alternative cancer treatment advocate who helped to introduce modern macrobiotics to the United States in the early 1950s. He lectured all over the world at conferences and seminars about the macrobiotic diet.