 Making health recommendations despite not being a medical doctor, Hauser was criticized almost from the start by the recognized medical authorities, especially the AMA, as well as sugar and flour lobbies.In 1951 the Food and Drug Administration seized copies of "Look Younger; Live Longer," which promised to add five "youthful years" to your life, on the grounds that it was promoting the sale of one brand of blackstrap molasses.In 1963, Louis Lasagna commented that Hauser's writings were a "mélange of good sense, questionable nutritional advice, name-dropping, continental charm, and coy chattiness."