On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:24:54 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> more likely a general 'moral turpitude' or something along the lines of
>> 'bringing shame to the honorable kellog's name.'
>
> I remembered some weirdness about Kellogg, so I did a look at Google:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg
>
> Dr. Kellogg believed in abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, and
> vegetarianism. He thought your insides should be clean. His favorite
> was a machine that instilled several gallons of water in a series of
> enemas. He believed that everything should be done to prevent
> masturbation, including mutilation and pain. He was married for forty
> years but never had sex with his wife. They raised forty children, and
> adopted several of them.

i vaguely knew that he was a kook. food faddism is not a new thing in the
u.s. (or elsewhere, for that matter).

your pal,
blake