Friday, April 19, 2024

Learn More about WPBS Passport! Click Here

HomeVideoPBS VideoIN DEFENSE OF FOOD | Dr. Kellogg and the crusade against protein...

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD | Dr. Kellogg and the crusade against protein | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/show/in-defense-of-food/
Premieres on PBS Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET.

In the early 20th century, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg attracted health-seekers to his famed Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. To combat what he considered the toxic effects of protein foods like meat, he prescribed all-grape diets and yogurt enemas. And to give Americans a carbohydrate-based alternative to the bacon-and-egg breakfast, he and his brother Will invented the flaked cereal.