It has been described as a form of food faddism and even quackery.
Characteristics of his writing included romanticism, an enthusiasm for natural environments, idealization of aboriginal lifeways, and health faddism.
Diploma mills are not accredited, and frequently engage in pseudoscience and food faddism.
It has been described as food faddism and quackery, with critics arguing that it is based upon an exaggerated belief in the effects of nutrition upon health and disease.