| Rasmus Larssen Alsaker | |
| Birth Date: | 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Norway |
| Death Date: | June 14, 1960 |
| Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Occupation: | Physician, writer |
Rasmus Larssen Alsaker (1883 – June 14, 1960) was a Norwegian American physician and alternative health writer.
Alsaker was born in Norway.[1] He obtained his M.D. from Bennett Medical College of Chicago in 1910.[2] He received his licenses to practice medicine in Illinois and Colorado (1910) and in Missouri (1915).[1]
He was Health Director at the Sun-Diet Health Foundation in East Aurora, New York; he was William Howard Hay's successor in the position.[3] Alsaker wrote a series of books teaching the "Alsaker Way" for health.[2] Alsaker believed that his dietary method could cure practically all diseases. Medical experts warned that Alsaker was misleading the public to self-diagnose and self-treat diseases of the heart.[2] A review noted that his views were near quackery and consist of "5 per cent banalities of elementary science and 95 per cent pseudo-scientific buncombe."[1]
Alsaker was the medical director for Bernarr Macfadden's Health Service Bureau and was an editor of the Health Culture magazine.[4] [5] He also edited The Key to Health magazine.[6] Alsaker retired and moved to Florida in 1956. He was an amateur malacologist and collected volutidae shells.[4] [5] He died on June 14, 1960, at St. Petersburg, Florida.[5]