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St. Louis Estes

Dr. St. Louis A. Estes
Born (1876-04-02)April 2, 1876
Missouri, USA
Died May 2, 1951(1951-05-02) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Resting place Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, US
Occupation Dentist, Doctor, Raw Foodist
Spouse(s) Clara Augusta Neiman, Esther Moraine

Dr. St. Louis Albert Estes (April 2, 1876 – May 2, 1951) was an American doctor and proponent of a raw food diet. He believed that one of the most common causes of sickness and chronic disease was an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Originally a dentist, Estes was unhealthy and aged at the age of thirty; he began a raw food diet and changed his health, and began speaking on the topic in lectures around the country.[1] Estes also believed in breathing techniques that would achieve maximum absorption of oxygen. One of his books, Raw Food and Health, published in 1927 [2], is still a classic in the Raw, Living Food community today.

Estes was born in Missouri and died in Los Angeles County, California at age 75 years. (California Death Index). When interviewed for newspaper and magazine articles in the 1920s–1930s he claimed to be approximately 15 years older than records show that he actually was.

Estes was the son of Louis A. and Emma Medora Estes. Estes originally practiced dentistry in Chicago, Illinois. His first wife was Clara Augusta Neimann Estes (1872–1936), and he had three children from this marriage—in birth order, two daughters. Clara Lucille (born c. 1909) and Phoebe Estes (born c. 1911), and a son, St. Louis Estes, Jr. (born c. 1913)

Circa 1928, Estes and his second wife (marriage 1922-1923), Esther Moraine Estes (born Esther Moran in Kentucky in 1895), settled in Van Nuys, California at the adobe built Spanish style ranch hacienda located on 10 acres at the corner of Bessemer and Woodman Avenue, which formerly belonged to American actor Noah Beery, Sr.

In February 1930, Clara Estes filed suit in Los Angeles County California Superior Court against Estes for $500,000 for desertion and non-support, and for the same dollar amount against "Esther Moran" for alienation of affection. Estes responded that he had obtained a divorce against Clara Estes in Mexico in 1922. The suits were eventually settled among the parties.

During the late 1920s through the 1930s, Estes was particularly active with health lecture tours in various cities throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall in New York City. Mrs. Estes and whatever number of children were generally included in both the promotion and the tour program itself according to newspaper coverage of the day. In addition to his book "Raw Food and Health", Dr. and Mrs. Estes established a company called "Back to Nature", along with a magazine publication by the same name. "Back to Nature" also had a complete line of vitamins (with a photo of the Estes children on the label) and health food products.


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