it's also tied up with early 20th century food movements, where "food reformers" tried to distinguish "healthy eating" as distinct from "overly rich" italian food ie, baked meat, boiled vegetable, unseasoned starch, all unseasoned and "unmixed"
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like that particular style of meal didn't come out of nowhere, and it's not inherently cheaper than (say) a stir-fry, but it's "better" for you because it doesn't "overly excite" the nerves / digestive tract / whatever
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Oh yeah Long tradition of this in the United States specifically (although it was around throughout Europe) They had a very serious scientific belief that overstimulation of the senses was generally bad for you, descended from a Christian idea of avoiding lust and passion
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It was responsible for the invention of extremely American foods like Kellogg's cornflakes and Graham crackers Dr. John Kellogg and Rev. Sylvester Graham both specifically wanted Americans to eat more unflavored carbs and less protein and fat
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They had the exact opposite of the advice you get from today's fitness gurus about "macros" Only, see, they *agreed* with today's gurus that a high-carb diet will leave you kind of listless and slothful and weak And they thought that was a *good thing*
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High carb diets keep the hornies away They make your dick limp so you stay home and pray
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(Dr. Kellogg, in particular, was obsessed with the idea that masturbation destroyed the mind and caused all manner of mental illness And the best way to prevent masturbation, aside from the bland all-carb diet, was a regular regimen of purifying enemas Some layers there)
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(As my professors would say... a lot to unpack)
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Anyway The inventor of Kellogg's Corn Flakes literally says that if you enjoy being horny and having orgasms you should avoid eating cornflakes and instead have bacon and eggs for breakfast
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To be fair to him, though, he didn't invent that idea, just the uniquely American scientific approach to it This is the actual reason Catholics give up meat for Lent -- it has nothing to do with being kind to animals, which is why you're allowed to eat fish and stuff
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The prohibition on (mammal) meat originated because that was "rich" food that made you horny and gave you impure thoughts And the point of the Lenten fast was to clear your head of horny thoughts and be spiritual
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Hence the somewhat arbitrary list of Catholic dispensations of things you are and aren't allowed to eat during Lent has nothing to do with what modern vegans are concerned with, how cruel it is or how conscious the animal is or whatever It's just whether it feels like horny food
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They just rules lawyer newly discovered foods as being sufficiently "fishlike" as opposed to "meatlike" so as not to arouse the sensual passions Hence beaver tails are an approved Lenten food and a kind of "fish" (but not the rest of the beaver) Same with capybara
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