Herman Taller
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Dr. Herman Taller, MD, (5 May 1906 - Jun 1984, from SSDI records). He entered medical school in Pavia, Italy. Native of Roumania. Before WWII, he moved to Chile to practice in St. Vincent de Paul Hospital. Eventually he took a residency in a Brooklyn hospital, opening a practice of OB/GYN. Born in Russia of Russian parents, according to the U.S. 1930 census. His wife Yetta, born in NY of Russian parents. SSDI shows an Etta Taller, 15 Sep 1910 17 Jul 2002
Dr. Taller promoted a diet adding safflower oil to lose weight documented in his book: "Calories Don't Count", published 1961, Simon and Schuster, NY. Dedicated to his parents, Simon and Matilda and his children Myron and Monette.
He was convicted of mail fraud in 1967, for selling safflower oil capsules through the mail.
The book is an interesting read. Contents has interesting chapters:
one I eat Fat - and Grow Thin two Centuries of Fat three Why Should I Reduce? four Food, Fads and Fallacies five Why Low-Calorie Diets Don't Work six Why You Get Fat seven The Role of Food
From the preface: An interesting comment still true today. "Until now there has been no agreement on how to treat this evil." (obesity)
The book is a history of Dr. Taller's experience with obesity and discovering the use of safflower oil to lose the fat. He describes this as a new nutrition principle, p 15, and states you can forget about calories and lose fat not muscle or other vital substance.
He describes a "vacation test" in which he and another physician spent ten days together at a resort, eating exactly the same low fat foods, salads, to prove he was not "cheating' on his diet. His thin friend lost a pound or two and he gained 9 pounds.
SSDI = Social Security Death Index
