Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Sylvester Graham

I invented Graham Crackers in 1829. I am a Presbyterian minister and avid vegetarian, who promotes the use of coarsely ground wheat flour for its high fiber content. The flour was nicknamed "graham flour" after me, the main ingredient in Graham Crackers.
I believe that his vegetarian diet was the cure for things like alcoholism. In 1850 I helped found the American Vegetarian Society. My followers are known as Grahamites, which kind of sounds like a bit sized cracker. My followers made great contributions to American Culture. Two of my followers, John and Will Kellogg invented corn flakes. Due to my success with Graham Crackers, I later invented the Graham Diet. I thought that my diet would stop people from having impure thoughts. I was also a strong believer in abstinence.

1 comment:

MD said...

NEAL S. DOW
I appreciate your effort in guiding the american public in the right direction, though I think it would be near impossible to turn enough americans into vegetarians to make much of a difference. However, your society does help to influence others, and will help to reduce alcoholism. Maybe if there were many different attempts that help the temperance movement, we may be able to almost completely rid our nation of the evils of alcoholism.