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The First Health Food Store in America Was Opened by a Naturopathic Doctor in 1896

The First Health Food Store in America Was Opened by a Naturopathic Doctor in 1896

by Razi Ann Berry | Feb 11, 2026 | Letter from the Publisher

In 1896, a 24-year-old German immigrant named Benedict Lust opened a small store in New York City. He called it a “Kneipp store,” named after Father Sebastian Kneipp, the German priest whose water cure treatments had saved Lust’s life after conventional doctors gave...
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