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Sylvester Graham was an advocate of vegetarianism and temperance. His name lives on in one of his inventions, the Graham cracker. In 1829 he invented Graham bread, made from unsifted flour and free of chemical additives. In those days, like today, many bakeries used additives such as alum and chlorine to whiten the bread. Store bought white bread was felt to be the food of finer folk, whereas the homemade brown bread was the food of country bumpkins and the lower classes. Graham promoted the more nutritious (and if you ask me, tastier) brown bread.
On the other hand, Graham was a fan of the temperance movement. He proposed a vegetarian diet to cure alcoholism and sexual desire. He conceded the medicinal use of alcohol, but was against social drinking, even in moderation. Graham preached that an unhealthy diet stimulated excessive sexual desire. He was one controversial figure with lots of followers and detractors. The story has it that when he lectured on sexual relations and wearing corsets many women in the audience fainted.
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