'A Curious History of Sex' Covers Aphrodisiacs, Bicycles, Graham ...

The graham cracker was "designed to bore the libido into submission." Ditto the cornflake, invented by John Harvey Kellogg. Lister is enjoyable to read on Kellogg's follies.

Graham Crackers and the Mediterranean Diet: Sexual Functioning and Food ...

Graham and Kellogg were spot-on: exercise and what we now term a Mediterranean style diet (according to WebMD, "a reliance on plant foods such as vegetables, fruits, beans, whole grains, nuts ...

Food To Suppress The (Libi)dough: The Graham Cracker's Odd Origins - Slurrp

We're talking about the graham cracker, which is a staple in all kinds of pie crusts, no-bake cakes and cheesecakes, s'mores, and enjoyed by itself in its flavoured forms. Sometime in the late 1820s, a Presbyterian minister in New Jersey, by the name of Reverend Sylvester Graham, was pondering — as men of the collar are wont to ...

Graham Crackers Were Supposed To Be a Sex Drive-Suppressing Diet Food

Today, graham crackers do have both sugar and spices in them. But Graham's original crackers were pretty awful to eat. The unrefined flour made them a tiny bit sweet and a tiny bit nutty.

The utterly bizarre reason why graham crackers were invented

The plea has led to more than 200,000 searches by people doing just that, with those curious enough finding out that graham crackers were created in an attempt to quell the sexual desires of ...

Looking to Quell Sexual Urges? Consider the Graham Cracker

Sex more than once a month was downright pathological. "Graham was an extremist," says Dr. Ruth Clifford Engs, author of Clean Living Movements: American Cycles of Health Reform. "There were other ...

'A Curious History of Sex' kể về chất kích dục, xe đạp, bánh quy và hơn ...

'A Curious History of Sex' Covers Aphrodisiacs, Bicycles, Graham Crackers and More 'A Curious History of Sex' kể về chất kích dục, xe đạp, bánh quy và hơn thế nữa Though it has passages about AIDS and syphilis, Kate Lister's first book, "A Curious History of Sex," is not about libido in times of plague and anxiety.

The graham cracker was invented to stop you from masturbating

The cookie-like graham cracker of today didn't come about until Nabisco bought the brand in the 1890s. The firm added a hefty dose of sugar and cinnamon and changed the recipe significantly over ...

The Bizarre History of the Graham Cracker Will Make You Never Want One ...

Take a wild guess why someone invented the graham cracker. If you're guessing they only wanted to create a delicious treat for the enjoyment of palates everywhere, you'd be wrong.