Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie: The Stories behind the Foods We Love
Have you pooped yet today You might need to eat a bowl of cereal Hey Keep my butt out of this
I BREAKFAST CEREAL Grains became a large part of people's diet because of the rise of agriculture which allowed people to eat what they could grow rather than what they could gather A steady food source was now nearby However in Europe people did enjoy large breakfasts with meat and baked goods Ham pies biscuits all could be found on the breakfast table beseech you bring more food 3 Ancient Not Quite Breakfast Cereals People ate grains all over the world to start their day for centuries But they didn't come in boxes and weren't shaped into flakes or fun shapes No marshmallows either For example Iroquois hunters started their day by eating grains to sustain them throughout the day Breakfasts grew larger And British colonists brought these mighty breakfasts with them to the New World
4 America gets a BREAKFAST BELLYACHE By the middle of the 18th century a typical American breakfast included mutton chops bacon eggs cornbread and pie And maybe some leftovers from the night before All at one meal As you may have noticed these breakfasts had a lot of grease and not much fiber Together with the other food they ate this caused a painful condition called dyspepsia Dyspepsia gave people a constant bellyache Americans wondered what was going on They thought they were eating good food Dyspepsia forced people to rethink what they ate What you eat is way more important than how much you eat Must be all that milking I did today Health experts decided that people needed a place where they could take some time off and fix their diet They opened sanitoriums and fed people a more balanced diet that included a plant based breakfast
THE CEREAL SUPERHERO JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG Kellogg was a health fanatic on a mission to cure people's bad diets Everyone should be a vegetarian and eat bland food No spices had a pet cockatoo Always wore white easier to see dirt Kellogg was the medical director of a sanitorium in Battle Creek Michigan He studied his patients bowel movements He believed people should poop 3-4 times daily for optimal health and thought a good breakfast was the solution 5 A good working colon is important More important than math even And no dancing either believed nuts would be the main food supply in the future liked enemas cleaning your bowels with water But what can I do to make people eat healthier
