Kellogg’s: The Disturbing Reason Corn Flakes Exist

May 18
55 mins

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Episode Description

This episode contains adult topics and themes


Ever wondered how the world's most popular cereal ended up in your breakfast bowl?

The story behind Cornflakes is stranger than you'd think, meet John Harvey Kellogg, the man whose obsession with gut health and moral purity accidentally changed the way the world eats breakfast.


0:00 Intro

5:40 Two truths and a lie

7:30 The religious pipeline

10:40 Picking the doctor

13:35 The San

17:45 Gut Health

24:34 The anti masturbation crusade

29:41 The accidental invention

35:11 The rival next door

37:26 The brothers split

43:52 A note on more dark stuff

46:06 The end

50:42 Two truths and a lie

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