Remember Kellogg’s Corn flakes? Termed as the original breakfast cereal of all time.
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According to Metro News, corn flakes arrived as a flavour-less diet apparently in a bid to curb desires in young adults. Yes you read that right.
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First created back in 1894 by John Harvey Kellogg as a healthy and deliberately bland cereal, corn flakes was supposed to be a part of an extreme diet, which was promoted by the Church at that point of time.
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Being a Seventh-Day Adventist (a branch of Christianity), Kellogg advocated a strict vegetarian diet and was against alcohol, caffeine or meat.
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Writing a book titled Plain Facts for Old and Young: Embracing the Natural History and Hygiene of Organic Life, Kellogg stood by his principles and tried out ways to curb sexual impulses in people, including creating corn flakes.
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It is believed that his original recipe contained no sugar and that’s why we are sure it wasn’t even half as good as it is today.