The Reverend Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 – September 11, 1851)
was said to help infulence the Vegan movement , when he As I do the knowledge to my school studies , it takes me to today's degree in the 1-40
, specifically relating the the Food part of that degree.
and also it relation to today's degree in the 1-36.
the Question asks 11. Will you sit up at home and wait for this mystery god to bring you food?
Ans. Emphatically NO! ....have tried this mystery god for food.
I was researching the graham cracker cause i had a graham cracker crust that had yellow 5 in it and I wanted to know if it originally had it in it . I I come to fin out that the man that invented the cracker originally created it free of all dyes, chemicals and artificial flavors, unbleached and unsifted Graham flour. in its natural form keeping it nutritious
He is also the person who heavily influenced Vegan-ism.
because he thought that eating flesh and by products from animals lead to a carnal mind state and induced sexual urges.
this relates to the degree in so that waiting on a mystery god to bring you food will only leave you hungry , and lacking the nutrition the body needs .
the 1 36 cause we have since been eating all the wrong foods... and this ha everything to do with that.
Grahamites
Grahamites, as Graham's followers were called, accepted the teaching of their mentor with regard to all aspects of lifestyle. As such, they practiced abstinence from alcohol, frequent bathing, daily brushing of teeth, vegetarianism, and a generally sparse lifestyle. Graham also was an advocate of sexual abstinence, especially from masturbation, which he regarded as an evil that inevitably led to insanity. He felt that all excitement was unhealthful, and spices were among the prohibited ingredients in his diet. As a result his dietary recommendations were inevitably bland, which led to the Grahamites consuming large quantities of Graham crackers, Graham's own invention. White bread was strongly condemned by Graham and his followers, however, as being essentially devoid of nutrition, a claim echoed by nutritionists ever since. Some Grahamites lost faith when their mentor died at the age of fifty-seven. Other than the crackers, the Grahamites' major contribution to American culture was probably their insistence on frequent bathing. However, Graham's doctrines found later followers in the persons of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his brother Will Keith Kellogg. Their invention of corn flakes was a logical extension of the Grahamite approach to nutrition.
Grahamism was influential in the vegan movement. Sylvester Graham focused on meat and milk, which he believed to be the cause of sexual urges. In fact, he claimed animal byproducts produced lust; Grahamism thus rejected meat, animal byproducts, and alcohol in order to develop a purer mind and body.
Quite popular in the 1860s-1880s, Grahamism rapidly lost momentum and is now remembered mostly for its Graham crackers, even though graham crackers don't resemble the graham bread he ate.
Graham diet
Around 1829, Graham invented the Graham diet, which consisted mainly of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole wheat and high fiber foods, and excluded meat and spices altogether (see vegetarianism). Very fresh milk, cheese, and eggs were permitted in moderation, and butter was to be used "very sparingly".[2]
Graham believed that adhering to the diet would prevent people from having impure thoughts and in turn would stop masturbation (thought by Graham to be a catalyst for blindness) among other things. He was a prolific writer and speaker for his cause, which was sternly opposed to "bad habits" of the body and mind. During the 1830s, the diet had a moderate response from the mostly puritanical faction of the American public, so much so that at one point it was strictly imposed on students of Oberlin College by David Campbell (a disciple of Graham's). During the period in which it was enforced, some rebellious students ate off-campus, and at one point a professor was fired for refusing to stop bringing his own pepper for use with his meals. The diet was eventually renounced by the college in 1841 following a public outcry.
The Graham cracker, invented by its namesake as a staple for the diet, eventually became part of American cuisine.
Selected Works
GRAHAM MAN
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