--- title: "Michael Klaper M.D. - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Michael Klaper M.D.: Among the more active modern doctors in promoting vegetarianism through talks, articles, and books is Michael Klaper, M. He is a very popular speaker at the annual Summerfest of the North American Vegetarian Society and other vegetarian conferences." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5370-people-writers-klaper.html" date: "2026-11-06T01:10:01+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Michael Klaper M.D. | ![[Michael Klaper]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc96/michael_klaper.jpg) Among the more active modern doctors in promoting vegetarianism through talks, articles, and books is Michael Klaper, M. D. He is a very popular speaker at the annual Summerfest of the North American Vegetarian Society and other vegetarian conferences. He has written two books, *Vegan Nutrition: Pure and Simple* (1987) and *Pregnancy, Birth and the Vegan Diet* (also 1987). He has recently been speaking out on environmental threats related to animal agriculture. He is an advisor to several vegetarian groups on health and environmental issues. *- Richard Schwartz* Quotes: The practice of pure vegetarian nutrition is an established and growing reality. People around the planet are thriving on a vegan-style diet, having healthy babies and raising children, as they have done throughout history. As vegetarians are encountered in clinical practice, a knowledge of the principles of animal-free nutrition is helpful in understanding their clients’ nutritional strategies, and in planning health-promoting diet choices. All red meat contains saturated fat. There is no such thing as truly lean meat. Trimming away the edge ring of fat around a steak really does not lower the fat content significantly. People who have red meat (trimmed or untrimmed) as a regular feature of their diets suffer in far greater numbers from heart attacks and strokes. The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk. The human body has absolutely no requirement for animal flesh. Nobody has ever been found face-down 20 yards from the Burger King because they couldn't get their Whopper in time. - At the [World Vegetarian Congress, Johnstown USA](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4241-congress-wvc96-nutritionists.html) - with other nutritionists and dieticians - At the International Vegan Festival, USA, 1995 - with other congress attendees **To buy Books, CDs or Videos by these celebrities, with commission to vegetarianism, go to:** | [**Update these lists - fill in the form!**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4623-people-form.html) [![Famous Vegetarians](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif)Back to the Famous Vegetarians Index](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-people-index.html) | A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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