Herman Taller

Herman Taller (5 May 1906 - June 1984) was a Romanian born doctor who promoted weight loss programs involving safflower oil and was the author of the controversial book "Calories Don't Count".cite book | title=Calories Don't Count| last=Taller| first=Herman| year=1961| pages=192| publisher=Simon and Schuster] The FDA charged that the book existed solely to promote the sales of safflower oil.Cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827420,00.html|title=Calories Do Count|accessdate=2008-02-22|year=1962-07-13|work=Time] The issue was that the safflower oil capsules did not work in the doses recommended, which led to Taller being found guilty of mail fraud and conspiracy in 1967.Cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840914,00.html|title=Twelve-Calorie Count|accessdate=2008-02-22|year=1967-05-19|work=Time] Despite this, the book went on to tell more than two million copies.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C0DEEDD123BF930A1575BC0A967948260&n=Top/News/Health/Diseases,%20Conditions,%20and%20Health%20Topics/Dieting|title=Behind the Best Sellers; Judy Mazel|accessdate=2008-02-22|year=1981-08-23|author=Edwin McDowell|work=The New York Times]

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