Udo Pollmer was born in Himmelpforten in 1954. In 1981 he passed his State examination for food chemists at the University of Munich. From 1991 to 1999 he was an assistant lecturer at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences​ at the department of home economics and nutrition sciences, from 1994 to 1996 he was an assistant lecturer at the University of Oldenburg, also at the department of home economics and nutrition sciences. Udo Pollmer has been scientific director of the European Institute of Food and Nutrition Sciences (EU.L.E.) since 1995. Pollmer has published numerous books and is a regular guest on radio and TV.

Publications (selection):

• Iß und stirb - Chemie in unserer Nahrung, Cologne 1982 (with E. Kapfelsperger)
• Prost Mahlzeit - Krank durch gesunde Ernährung, Cologne 1994 (with A. Fock, U. Gonder, K. Haug)
• Liebe geht durch die Nase - Was unser Verhalten beeinflußt und lenkt. Cologne 1997 (with A. Fock, U. Gonder, K. Haug)
• Vorsicht Geschmack - Was ist drin in Lebensmitteln. Stuttgart 1998 (with C. Hoicke, H.-U. Grimm)
• Wohl bekomm's! Was Sie vor dem Einkauf über Lebensmittel wissen sollten. Cologne 2000 (with B. Schmelzer-Sandtner)
• Lexikon der populären Ernährungsirrtümer. Frankfurt/Main 2001 (with S. Warmuth)
• Mythos Cholesterin - die zehn größten Irrtümer. Stuttgart 2002 (by U. Ravnskov, ed. Pollmer)
• Lexikon der Fitneß-Irrtümer Frankfurt/Main 2003 (with G. Frank, S. Warmuth)
• Esst endlich normal! Piper, Munich 2005
• Food-Design - Panschen erlaubt. Wie unsere Nahrung ihre Unschuld verliert. Stuttgart 2007 (with Monika Niehaus)
• Opium fürs Volk - Natürliche Drogen in unserem Essen. Reinbek bei Hamburg 2010 (with Andrea Fock, Jutta Muth, Monika Niehaus)
• Zusatzstoffe von A bis Z - Was Etiketten verschweigen. Radebeul 2014
• Don't go Veggie - 75 Fakten zum vegetarischen Wahn. Stuttgart 2015

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