Victor Hugo Lindlahr (February 14, 1897 – January 26, 1969) was an American radio presenter,

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writer, and

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. 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. 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

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. Lindlahr has been described as a promoter of

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s. He developed a

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which he called the Catabolic Diet. Nutritionist Frederick J. Stare included Lindlahr's ''Calorie Countdown'' in a list of books on nutritional

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, 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''
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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)

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