cover of episode 52: Stop beating your meat with this tasty treat! THE DARK HISTORY OF GRAHAM CRACKERS

52: Stop beating your meat with this tasty treat! THE DARK HISTORY OF GRAHAM CRACKERS

2022/8/31
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本期播客详细讲述了格雷厄姆饼干的起源及其发明者西尔维斯特·格雷厄姆的生平经历。格雷厄姆童年不幸,成年后成为一名巡回传教士,他提倡健康饮食、规律锻炼和禁欲,并认为手淫会导致疾病。他发明了格雷厄姆饼干(最初是面包),认为其纯净的成分可以帮助人们保持纯洁,远离诱惑。格雷厄姆的观点在当时引起了广泛关注,他的追随者(格雷厄姆派)因饮用过滤水而避免了霍乱,这使得格雷厄姆的饮食理念和生活方式广受欢迎。然而,格雷厄姆的极端观点和行为也招致了批评,他在波士顿的演讲激怒了当地的面包师和屠夫,引发了暴力冲突。最终,格雷厄姆的运动逐渐衰落,但他对健康饮食和生活方式的影响却延续至今。

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The episode begins with the host discussing her late-night graham cracker snacking habits and her curiosity about the origins of graham crackers.

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Welcome to the Dark History podcast.  Some things are just meant to be together. Peanut butter and jelly. Milk and cookies.  Graham crackers and masturbation? Yep you read that right. Because without masturbation we never would have graham crackers. In today’s episode we’ll talk all about how one man’s mission to stop people from whacking it, led to the creation of the tasty, cinnamon-y treat. Don't be whacker, grab a cracker. ** **Episode Advertisers Include:  Apostrophe, OSEA Malibu, MeUndies and CASETiFY. Go to http://cst.fyi/Dgzse) to get 15% off on your CASETiFY order.