Herman Le Compte

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

Herman Le Compte
Born	(1929-04-26)26 April 1929
Died	3 January 2008(2008-01-03) (aged 78)
Other names	Vitamin Doctor
Occupation(s)	Physician and Gerontologist

Biography

Herman Le Compte

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, ISBN 90-257-0237-6
• Herman Le Compte: Wir Kinder des Methusalem: Alters-Chancen der jungen Gesellschaft, Econ-Verlag 1978, ISBN 3-430-15908-3, ab 1980 als Lizenzausgabe bei Droemer-Knaur, ISBN 3-426-03634-7
• Herman Le Compte, Pia Pervenche: So lebt man länger nach Dr LeComptes Erfolgsmethode : vital und gesund bis ins hohe Alter, Falken-Verlag 1982, ISBN 3-8068-4129-2