Fletcherism

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In 1979, a pair of Minneapolis researchers put Fletcherism to the test.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013

Together, he and Chittenden did their best to convince Hoover to make Fletcherism part of U.S. economic policy, thereby justifying a two-thirds reduction in the amount of civilian rations shipped overseas.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013

Fletcherism, as it was called, promoted chewing a mouthful of food until all "goodness" was extracted, then spitting out the fibrous material that was left.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2013

His blood pressure, pulse, temperature, sleeping time, and ability in mental multiplication remained unchanged by Fletcherism.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is growing throughout the land to-day a conviction—which has its core of truth—that many people eat too much meat; and not a few see a remedy in vegetarianism and Fletcherism.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various