John Harvey Kellogg, M.D. (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan, who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism and is best known for the invention of the breakfast cereal known as corn flakes with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg. (Wikipedia)


Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.

by John H. Kellogg Published: 1877

Chapter 11

"4. Stimulating drinks should be abstained from with still greater strictness. Wine, beer, tea, and coffee should be taken under no circumstances. The influence of coffee in stimulating the genital organs is notorious. Chocolate should be discarded also. It is recommended by some who suppose it to be harmless, being ignorant of the fact that it contains a poison practically identical with that of tea and coffee.

Hot drinks of all kinds should be avoided."

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Kellogg voiced many opinions on health and eugenics that echoed the conventional wisdom of that time; beliefs still enshrined in the teachings of the church. Had it not been the strategy of Heber Grant to emphasis the WoW, the church might have been able to back away from the fear of hot drinks. Another inspired failure.

Time for a cup of coffee!

I just got a bad burn trying to stimulate my genital organ with coffeee

And if anyone ever suggests a coffee enema, make sure it isn't hot from the pot.

I would be worried that coffee enemas (or any kind for that matter) would damage the intestinal lining making it difficult for your body to absorb nutrients and making people susceptible to allergies and food intolerances.

A fun novel to read about this whole topic is "The Road to Wellville" by T C Boyle. Also a movie was made from the book -the book is better. Lots of health hysteria in those days. Some of that health frenzy led to the development of the vibrator. Repressed women could visit their doctor to be manually relieved of the symptoms of hysteria. Vibrators relieved doctors of this onerous task and spared their hands. True. Early vibrators resembled a giant Hobart mixer. Yikes.

Nothing spells loving like something from the oven. Or from the mixer.

Wasn't he a Seventh Day Adventist? It would make sense that his health ideas became/were the SDA's health code.

-Dennis

Isn't soup a hot drink?

Herbal TEA, Hot Chocolate, and other "moron approved" hot drinks are just fine!

That's nuts

The American Temperance movement started in the 1820s. Joseph Smith copied it. There was a Kirtland Temperance Society that influenced Joseph Smith to create the Word of Wisdom.