RAW. Season 1: Mrs Snook's Diet

RAW. by Greta Puls
RAW. Season 1: Mrs Snook's Diet

In 1990, 76-year-old naturopath Dorothea Snook faced criminal charges over the death of her elderly brother. After converting to a wholefood, plant-based diet in 1944 under the guidance of the Boston educated naturopath Doctor Alice Caporn, Mrs Snook gained an international reputation for success in treating cancer and arthritis patients on her vintage raw-food alkaline diets. But was she ahead of her time, or a dangerous charlatan as her critics claimed? RAW tells the story of Mrs Snook’s remarkable life, and features interviews with health experts, family members and former clients, as science writer Greta Puls charts the rise and fall of Australia’s “nature granny”.

Episodes

  1. Trailer

    04/28/2019

    Trailer

    In September 1990, a coroner recommended 76-year-old naturopath, Dorothea Snook, face criminal charges over the death of her brother. Mrs Snook had gained an international reputation for treating cancer patients on her vintage raw-food alkaline diets. Was she ahead of her time, or a dangerous charlatan preying on the sick and dying as her critics claimed?

    2 min
  2. Episode 1: Awakening

    04/28/2019

    Episode 1: Awakening

    A meat-loving science writer discovers Mrs Snook’s vintage gut-cleanse diet, and sets out to investigate the 1990 court case which destroyed the outspoken naturopath’s reputation and career.

    40 min
  3. Episode 2: The Apple Girl

    04/28/2019

    Episode 2: The Apple Girl

    In 1944, a dying mother of two is carried into the Perth naturopathic clinic of the Boston-trained Doctor Alice Caporn. When she left three months later, Dorothea Snook’s life would never be the same.

    44 min
  4. Episode 3: Gut Instinct

    04/28/2019

    Episode 3: Gut Instinct

    Dorothea Snook’s understanding of health was turned upside down some 75 years ago, when she learned that food is medicine and illness begins in the gut, caused by eating the wrong foods. Now, new insights into the gut microbiome are proving many of her dietary views correct.

    44 min
  5. Episode 4: Triumphs & Tragedies

    04/28/2019

    Episode 4: Triumphs & Tragedies

    In the face of obstacles and ridicule, Mrs Snook’s reputation as a plant-based nutritional healer grows, but a family tragedy shakes her to her core.

    37 min
  6. Episode 5: Saving Barbara

    04/28/2019

    Episode 5: Saving Barbara

    In 1975, Mrs Snook’s eldest child, Barbara, suffered critical head injuries. Doctors said that if she lived, Barbara would be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life. But they reckoned without the power of Mrs Snook’s faith.

    38 min
  7. Episode 6: Death on Doctors Hill

    04/28/2019

    Episode 6: Death on Doctors Hill

    On November 29, 1989, Mrs Snook’s elderly brother Stanley Greenham lay dying at her Northam farm. What happened next led to a coronial inquiry, where the 76-year-old naturopath was recommended to face criminal charges.

    39 min
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In 1990, 76-year-old naturopath Dorothea Snook faced criminal charges over the death of her elderly brother. After converting to a wholefood, plant-based diet in 1944 under the guidance of the Boston educated naturopath Doctor Alice Caporn, Mrs Snook gained an international reputation for success in treating cancer and arthritis patients on her vintage raw-food alkaline diets. But was she ahead of her time, or a dangerous charlatan as her critics claimed? RAW tells the story of Mrs Snook’s remarkable life, and features interviews with health experts, family members and former clients, as science writer Greta Puls charts the rise and fall of Australia’s “nature granny”.

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