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Nany Maree

Bacon and eggs didn't win breakfast. A PR man did.

In the 1920s Edward Bernays, the so-called father of PR, ran a campaign for bacon and eggs. He surveyed 5,000 doctors and 4,500 backed a heartier breakfast. Corn Flakes started as Dr John Harvey Kellogg's digestion food. His brother WK added the sugar and mass-produced it.

I'm not telling anyone what to eat. A 2016 study out of Bath said you can't pin long-term health on one meal anyway.

But I looked at my toast this morning and had a think. How much of what I call a normal breakfast was written by someone with something to sell? I read the whole article, love. Did you?

Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.

Source: ABC News, 2024-01-19

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