Edenic diet
The Edenic diet is a vegan diet believed by practitioners to have been followed by Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis.
English-speaking advocates
The Reverend Sylvester Graham (1794–1851) was a proponent, advocating a diet without meat—especially pork—shellfish, fatty sauces, spices, salt, sugar, coffee, tea, condiments, and alcohol.[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Slotnick, Bonnie J. "Graham, Sylvester," in Smith, Andrew F. (ed). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 263.
Further reading
- Wharton, James C. Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers. Princeton University Press, 1982.
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