Victor Lindlahr
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|02|14}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|01|26|1897|02|14}}
| death_place = Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
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| occupation = Radio presenter, writer
| education = Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
| alma_mater = Chicago College of Osteopathy
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| parents = Henry Lindlahr
| known_for = You Are What You Eat (1940)
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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. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}.{{cite book |title=The Big Broadcast, 1920-1950 |authorlink=Frank Buxton |last=Buxton |first=Frank |author2=Bill Owen |page=[https://archive.org/details/bigbroadcast192100buxt/page/250 250] |year=1972 |publisher=Viking Press |isbn=978-0-670-16240-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bigbroadcast192100buxt/page/250 }}
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. {{ISBN|978-0786427802}} His father was the naturopath Henry Lindlahr.Maloney, Cathy Jean. (2008). Chicago Gardens: The Early History. University of Chicago Press. p. 326. {{ISBN|978-0-226-50234-2}}
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.{{cite book |title=Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America, Part 12 |last=Levenstein |first=Harvey A. |page=11 |year=2003 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-23440-6 }} His book is also credited for popularizing the expression.{{cite book |title=Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia |authorlink=Sander L. Gilman |last=Gilman |first=Sander L. |page=[https://archive.org/details/dietsdietingcult0000gilm/page/178 178] |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-97420-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/dietsdietingcult0000gilm/page/178 }}
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. {{ISBN|978-1-4408-4731-8}} 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. {{ISBN|978-0-313-39703-5}} 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 [https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/publications/3101964.pdf 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
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External links
- [https://www.librarything.com/author/lindlahrvictorhugo Victor Hugo Lindlahr] - LibraryThing
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Category:American food writers
Category:American radio personalities
Category:Low-carbohydrate diet advocates