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.
[4] 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.
[6] Between 1944 and 1953, Lindlahr endorsed the dietary supplement Serutan on the radio and television.
[8] 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.