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.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.Maloney, Cathy Jean. (2008). Chicago Gardens: The Early History. University of Chicago Press. p. 326.
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 on the radio and television. Lindlahr has been described as a promoter of fad diets.Smith, Andrew F. (2017). Food in America: The Past, Present, and Future of Food, Farming, and the Family Meal, Volume 1. ABC-Clio. p. 97. He developed a low-carbohydrate diet which he called the Catabolic Diet.Rosen, Steven J. (2011). Food for the Soul: Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions. Praeger. p. 64. Nutritionist Frederick J. Stare 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. In 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 Victor Hugo Lindlahr - LibraryThing