I recently read, in The New Male Sexuality by Bernie Zilbergeld, ph.D, that
in the mid 1800s, Sylvester Graham (father of the Graham cracker!) thought
that health was related to sexual excesses, "intercourse more than once per
month, masturbation, and erotic dreams"--all of which he believed were
caused by eating rich and spicy foods.  His antidote: a vegetarian diet of
"plain and boring" foods, including coarse whole wheat flour, from which his
cracker was made.

Besides Graham, John Harvey Kellog also fancied himself a sexual advisor.
Believe it or not, Kellog thought sex was "the ultimate abomination and
remained chaste in marriage."  (Guess he couldn't leave any heirs!!  His
brother had to do that I guess)  A number of foods which he introduced were
designed to promote health (obviously) and decrease interest in sex
(unbeknownst to most folks).  One of these foods he called CORN FLAKES.
(Seriously, I am not making this up!! :-))

They got their followers to eat a grain-based diet free of flesh foods.
Those in the know know that that can profoundly effect one's hormones (their
goal!!!).  Funny how most folks think of Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, whole
wheat bread and similar foods as health foods, though the majority probably
don't want to lose all drive and most probably don't take such dietary
guidelines to that extreme.

Ha! :-))

Rachel (& Don)
(we thought some of you would get a kick out of this!)