b'3 Richard A. Kunin, M.D.October 22, 1932February 23, 2021 A Lifetime of Putting Nutrition FirstDearnedA.Kunin,Greg Kunin with 1960sinspiredRichardtoparticipate r.Richard M.D.,his medicalDr. Richard Kunin innow-historiccontroversiesonthe degreeattheUniversityrole of diet and nutrients in medicine. of Minnesota in 1955theHisclinicalresearchledtotheOr-exact same year that Fred Hart foundedtho-carbohydrateDiet,thefirstdiet the National Health Federation (NHF).planbasedonindividualizedcarbo-Later, Dr. Kunins and the NHFs pathshydrate-protein-fateffectsonmood, wouldintersect,andhewouldfindenergy,andweight.TheListenTo himself serving on the NHF Board ofYourBodyDiet,popularizedinhis Governors for two decades and brave- best-selling books Mega Nutrition (1980) ly fighting for health and health free- and Mega Nutrition for Women (1983), dom while also winning his own bat- remains one of the most user-friendly, tles with the same American Medicalsafe,andeffectivediet-energyplans. Association that Fred Hart fought. He achieved the first measurement of Prior to his retirement in 2018, theeicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)one of NHF Board of Governors unanimous- the three types of omega-3 fatty acids ly voted Dr. Richard Kunin as one ofmost readily used by the human body its two outstanding Health Freedomin both psychiatry and neurology.in snake oil in 1989, thereby substan-Heroesof2018.EvidencingdecadesofFrom 1962 to 1963, Richard completedtiating its anti-inflammatory benefits (pub-committedandactiveservice,Dr.KuninanNIHPostdoctoralFellowshipinNeu- lished in JOM, 1989, Vol 4, No 3).not only served on the Board of GovernorsrologyattheStanfordUniversitySchoolDedicatedtodeliveringafutureof during the term of current NHF presidentof Medicine. There, his published research,medicine that nurtures health into human-ScottTips,buthealsoservedfaithfullyEEGStudiesinAnimalHypnosis, was theity, Dr. Kunin and his colleagues co-found-during many years of the term of formerfirst to report on hippocampal theta effects.edthefirstOrthomolecularMedicalSo-NHF president Maureen Salaman Kennedy.Subsequently,hetaughtPhD-levelpracti- ciety(nutrition-basedmedicine)with Dr. Kunins thesis work, Losing Weightcum seminars at the Stanford Departmenttwo-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Paul-on a High Fat Diet, was completed in 1953,of Psychiatry. ing in 1976. Dr. Kunin served as its Pres-more than 50 years ahead of its time. Rich- Over the next ten years in psychiatry,ident from 1980-1982. In 1994, following ardinternedatKingsCountyHospitalDr.KuninfocusedonbehavioraltherapyPaulingsdeath,Dr.Kuninfoundedthe Center in Brooklyn, New York and com- and patient hypnosis, conditioning an InnerSocietyforOrthomolecularHealthMed-pleted three years of specialty training inSmile that enables patients to face life andicine (OHM) in San Francisco, California psychiatryatNewYorkCornellHospi- healthchallengessuccessfully.Thistimeand became the first Interim President of tal,PayneWhitneyClinic.Heservedasalso led to a new insight in his work, that sit- the International Society for Orthomolec-a captain in the U.S. Army for two yearsuational cues elicit genetically programmedular Medicine (ISOM). He served on the of active duty in Korea, followed by twoinstincts and moods. Thus, evolved his the- Editorial Review Board of ISOMs Journal years as staff psychiatrist at Valley Forgeory of Operational Mind, a natural strategyof Orthomolecular Medicine since 1982 and GeneralHospitalinPennsylvania.Afterof intelligent adaptation, which proved ex- wasinductedintotheOrthomolecular an additional year on staff at Minneapolisciting and clinically useful. Medicine Hall of Fame in 2008.Veterans Hospital, he was board-certifiedMajorscientificbreakthroughsintheWithashareddesiretoprovidesci-14 H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2021NHF_Spring_2021_5-13-21-FINAL.indd 14 5/13/21 9:54 AM'