Herman Le Compte Explained

Herman Le Compte
Other Names:	Vitamin Doctor
Birth Date:	26 April 1929
Occupation:	Physician and Gerontologist

Herman Le Compte (26 April 1929 in Aalst – 3 January 2008 in Knokke) was a Belgian physician and gerontologist.

Biography

Known across his native Flanders as the "Vitamin Doctor," Le Compte became famous during the 1960s with a series of books and TV shows dedicated to health and aging.^[1] He claimed that vitamins and yeast would increase longevity, and called for elders taking a more active role in society.^[1] His claims led to a lifelong ban by the Belgian medical association.^[1]

Despite the ban, he continued to practise medicine leading to his arrest.After a two-decade legal fight he was vindicated by the ECHR and legally allowed to practise again.

Le Compte died in his sleep of a heart attack on 3 January 2008 in Knokke, Belgium.^[1]

Bibliography

• Herman Le Compte: Qui Encore a Peur de Moi? Le Credo du Herman Le Compte., Banana Press 1973
• Herman Le Compte: Het is niet nodig gek te zijn, maar het kan helpen, Gottmer 1974,
• Herman Le Compte: Wir Kinder des Methusalem: Alters-Chancen der jungen Gesellschaft, Econ-Verlag 1978,, ab 1980 als Lizenzausgabe bei Droemer-Knaur,
• Herman Le Compte, Pia Pervenche: So lebt man länger nach Dr LeComptes Erfolgsmethode : vital und gesund bis ins hohe Alter, Falken-Verlag 1982,

Notes and References

1. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/168805.html Dead 922 years early: Belgium's 'vitamin doctor' passes away