Background Morris Krok was born in
Johannesburg and brought up in
Durban,
South Africa. As a young man, he started to seek solutions for his health problems and was influenced by
natural healing writers of the 20th century such as
Vincent Priessnitz,
Louis Kuhne,
Harry Benjamin,
Arnold Ehret,
Dugald Semple, George R. Clements,
Walter Siegmeister, Essie Honiball and Johnny Lovewisdom. He also studied
new age,
occult,
esoteric,
yogic,
spiritual and
metaphysical writings from the
East. Krok migrated to
California to develop his work and writings, dedicating his life to the quest for knowledge about health,
vitality and
higher consciousness. A regular
marathon runner, Krok died from
cancer of the leg in 2005, blaming "his problem on his terrible diet in his youth and on cooked food temptations from family".
Beliefs In the 1950s, a popular South African
newspaper featured a story about Krok's belief that
fruit was the ideal food for
humankind. In the 1990s and 2000s, David Klein Ph.D., publisher of Living Nutrition, chronicled Krok's famous sayings including "Man will always get colds if he persists in eating large quantities of mucous forming foods in the form of
starch,
dairy products and
animal fats." and "Health is the balance between assimilation and elimination.” in the magazine. Central to Krok's thinking was that mucusless foods held the key to good health. In the article,
A Yogic Perspective he describes how "To heal and avoid
illness, one must
alkalinize the
body through a
diet of predominately
raw fruits and
vegetables."
Writings Krok wrote books on
detoxification, internal purification,
natural living,
self-healing,
fruitarianism,
fasting,
living foods, raw
nutrition,
physical culture,
hatha yoga,
meditation,
deep breathing, higher consciousness,
radiant energy,
life extension and
vitalism. As well as being an author, Krok published several books by other authors including
Johanna Brandt, Otto Abramowski and
Theos Bernard, through Essence of Health Publishers.
Golden Path Krok's book
Golden Path To Rejuvenation described how a
non-toxic diet and the
osmotic pressure of
rainwater could detoxify and purify the
membranes and
tissues of the body. Krok believed that internal purification, was the direct and most effective way for a longer and youthful life. He described how not everything humans eat is used by the body, showing how accumulated
wastes and
toxins caused by an unnatural diet and other substances, result in illness and premature
ageing. His internal purification programme was designed to help increase
longevity and remain youthful. He believed internal cleansing in conjunction with
plant foods was the 'golden path'. The book also explained the
yogic vomit technique, a central part of the detoxification regime he endorsed.
Legacy Krok was one of a series of 20th-century writers who wrote about fruitarianism, raw nutrition, fasting, detoxification, yoga and higher consciousness. His contemporaries included Brian Clement Ph.D., Dr. Douglas N. Graham,
Viktoras Kulvinskas and Robert Gray. Authors who have endorsed Krok's writings in their books include John McCabe, Joe Alexander,
Gary Null, Benito De Donno and David Wolfe. ==Criticisms==