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Fletcherism

[flech-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈflɛtʃ əˌrɪz əm /
NOUN
mastication
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Fletcherism held a good deal of intuitive appeal.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2013

I had contacted Stocks to see if it might be possible to engage the Model Gut for a test of Fletcherism.

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




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