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Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (born 1867)

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Maximilian Bircher-Benner

Swiss physician (1867–1939)

Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, M.D. was a Swiss physician and a pioneer nutritionist credited for popularizing muesli and raw food vegetarianism.
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Muesli

Breakfast dish based on raw rolled oats

Muesli is a cold Swiss dish that has become a common breakfast cereal prepared without cooking. Developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital, in Switzerland, it is also consumed for supper as Birchermüesli complet, 'Bircher's…
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