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 January 3, 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, Шаблон:ISBN
Herman Le Compte: Wir Kinder des Methusalem: Alters-Chancen der jungen Gesellschaft, Econ-Verlag 1978, Шаблон:ISBN, ab 1980 als Lizenzausgabe bei Droemer-Knaur, Шаблон:ISBN
Herman Le Compte, Pia Pervenche: So lebt man länger nach Dr LeComptes Erfolgsmethode : vital und gesund bis ins hohe Alter, Falken-Verlag 1982, Шаблон:ISBN