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Junk Food Junkie
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 15, 2009 -
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Category: Food, Nutrition, Humor, Music
Johnny Lovewisdom
Johnny Lovewisdom (1919-2000) sounds like an interesting character. Some facts about his life from Wikipedia:- He was the author of The Buddhist Essene Gospel of Jesus.
- He was a long-time advocate of fruitarianism (a diet of 100% fruit).
- He tried to live solely on the papaya tree's fruit and leaves. Eventually, he started to bleed profusely as a result of developing a severe allergic reaction to papaya.
- Likely as a result of various diets, he suffered from paralysis and poor eyesight, and is thought to have had neurological problems associated with vitamin B12 deficiency.
- He lived as a hermit in the mountain crater lake, Quilotoa, in Ecuador. Lovewisdom believed that the thin air at high altitudes would allow him to develop clairvoyance and "drink alcohol like water without getting drunk."
- For a time, he ran a mail order diploma mill and signed his name followed by several degrees: N.H.D, M.D, Sc. D, Ps. D, Ph. D, D.D.
- He believed himself to be the reincarnation of Milarepa and John the Baptist.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 13, 2009 -
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Category: Food, Nutrition
Eating Glass
The new Google magazine archive is a goldmine for weirdness. Here's another find from Popular Science, Nov 1931:EATS GLASS AND STRING TO AID STOMACH STUDY
Glass beads, strands of knotted thread, and even tiny pellets of gold is the diet of Frederick Hoelzel, Chicago, Ill., university student, since he offered to aid physiologists of the University of Chicago in research work on indigestion. The foreign objects are mixed with his meals, and his stomachaches come under laboratory scrutiny. They are no novelty to the subject of this unusual experiment; he volunteered for the tests because he already suffered from severe digestive troubles.
Glass beads, strands of knotted thread, and even tiny pellets of gold is the diet of Frederick Hoelzel, Chicago, Ill., university student, since he offered to aid physiologists of the University of Chicago in research work on indigestion. The foreign objects are mixed with his meals, and his stomachaches come under laboratory scrutiny. They are no novelty to the subject of this unusual experiment; he volunteered for the tests because he already suffered from severe digestive troubles.
The full results of Hoelzel's glass-eating study were published in the American Journal of Physiology, (Mar 1, 1930), "The Rate of Passage of Inert Materials Through the Digestive Tract." The article includes a helpful chart, detailing exactly how long it took for various substances (including steel ball-bearings and bent silver wire) to pass through Hoelzel's system:
Hoelzel was an interesting character. He became an expert on nutrition and often subjected himself to grueling diet experiments -- particularly experiments involving fasting for extended periods of time. The Life photo archive has a picture of him, taken in 1955. He seems to have been one of the first researchers to make a link between calorie-restriction and longevity, though it didn't really work for him. He died in 1963 at the age of 73.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 12, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Nutrition, Science, Experiments
Sweet Dreams
See three more videos by Kirsten Lepore here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 07, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Food, Nutrition, Sexuality, Video, Cartoons
From the Ground Up
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 06, 2008 -
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Category: Agriculture, Business, Products, Nutrition, Documentaries, 1950s
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