Victor Hugo Lindlahr (February 14, 1897 – January 26, 1969) was an American radio presenter,
health food writer, and
osteopathic physician. From 1936 to 1953, he hosted ''Talks and Diet'', a popular radio series about nutrition.
[DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 166. .]
Biography
In 1918, Lindlahr graduated from the
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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[Cox, Jim. (2006). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s: A Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland. p. 175. ] His father was the naturopath
Henry Lindlahr.
In 1940, he wrote the book ''You Are What You Eat'', one of the earliest texts of the health food movement in the United States, which sold over half a million copies. His book is also credited for popularizing the expression.
Between 1944 and 1953, Lindlahr endorsed the dietary supplement
Serutan
Serutan was an early fiber-type laxative product which was widely promoted on U.S. radio and television from the 1930s through the 1960s. Serutan was folded into Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s 1957 acquisition of J. B. Williams Co., founded in 1885. J. B. ...
on the radio and
television.
Lindlahr has been described as a promoter of
fad diets. He developed a
low-carbohydrate diet which he called the Catabolic Diet. Nutritionist
Frederick J. Stare
Fredrick John Stare (April 11, 1910 – April 4, 2002) was an American nutritionist regarded as one of the country's most influential teachers of nutrition.
Life and career
Stare was born in Columbus, Wisconsin, and educated in chemistry a ...
included Lindlahr's ''Calorie Countdown'' in a list of books on nutritional
quackery, which "ought not to be on anyone's shelves."
[Stare, Frederick J. (March 10, 1964). ''Health Frauds and Quackery''. I]
''Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Frauds and Misrepresentations Affecting the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging United States Senate Eighty-Eighth Congress Second Session Part 3''
U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 297
Publications
*''Guide to Balanced Diet'' (1938)
*''The Natural Way to Health'' (1939)
*''You Are What You Eat'' (1940)
*''The Lindlahr Vitamin Cook Book'' (1941)
*''Win Health Through Foods'' (1946)
*''7 Day Reducing Diet'' (1948)
*''201 Tasty Dishes for Reducers'' (1948)
*''Eat and Reduce!'' (1948)
* Your Body Energy
*''Calorie Countdown'' (1962)
References
External links
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1897 births
1969 deaths
American food writers
American radio personalities
Low-carbohydrate diet advocates
American osteopathic physicians
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine alumni