Cornflakes invented to stop people masturbating.

For people the world over, a bowl of corn flakes is the go-to breakfast of choice.

But for the majority of those who look forward to their morning bowl, it will come as a surprise that they were invented to stop people masturbating.

John Harvey Kellogg, who first created the cereal in the late 19th century, originally intended it to be a ‘healthy, ready-to-eat anti-masturbatory morning meal’, according to Mental Floss.

Mr Kellogg, a physician, was uncomfortable about sex, believing it was unhealthy for the body, mind and soul. He was celibate, having never consummated his marriage and keeping a separate bedroom from his wife.

More on this story here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3185011/What-Corn-Flakes-masturbation-common-Mr-Kellogg-believed-sexual-desires-caused-disease-invented-plain-cereal-stop-self-pleasuring.html

His theory was wrong though...I used to eat loads of cornflakes once-upon-a-time and people still said I was a complete w**ker!!

Personally I reckon it works. I once tried a famous 17 grams of corn flakes and a splash of semi skimmed diet. Within a week I did not have the strength to raise my arm, let alone raise a decent boner.

And the history behind Golden Nuggets ?

And fruit loops!! Then again I've seen enough 'Fruit loops' to last me a lifetime on diabetes forums-Maybe the inspiration came from the Kellogg's marketing team reading 'The big forum' !!


To add...Anyone else been put off yoghurt since reading that article?

Paul1976 wrote:
To add...Anyone else been put off yoghurt since reading that article?

Errrr yes.

zand wrote:

Paul1976 wrote:
To add...Anyone else been put off yoghurt since reading that article?

Errrr yes.  

Lol! At best Mr 'K' was a strange old sort for sure!!

mo1905 wrote:And the history behind Golden Nuggets ?

Or why old people always ate the "Boner Required And Now" variety, aka Branflakes. They always said it was to keep them "regular" and we were too young to understand the ambiguity.

Pasha wrote:

mo1905 wrote:And the history behind Golden Nuggets ?

Or why old people always ate the "Boner Required And Now" variety, aka Branflakes. They always said it was to keep them "regular" and we were too young to understand the ambiguity.

Oh the innocence of youth. I had 4 sisters and kept find these little white cardboard "telescopes" in the bathroom bin ! I thought they were great but my mum was never too happy when I used to play with them :-)

I used to wonder why my old man was so keen on me and my brother going to Church on a Sunday morning, (he was not religious) until we had our own kids and the Sunday morning portion went by the wayside. Life a funny old game.

It works, eventually. You get diabetic neuropathy and then game over.

chris c wrote:It works, eventually. You get diabetic neuropathy and then game over.

Any more encouraging news Chris? but yet again we see another very good reason to get the BG numbers into the safe zone.

This bloke was never into corn flakes. That's if Mr Kellogg was right.