Horace Fletcher - Wikipedia His mastication system became known as "Fletcherism" He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans and founding member of The Bohemian Club of San Francisco
Chewing It Over—and Over and Over and Over | Science History . . . Sinclair even coined a neat catchphrase for Fletcherism: “Nature will castigate those who don’t masticate ” Beyond boosting people’s health, Fletcher also promised that his diet would remake American society
Fletcherism — Official Site • Teachings of Ryan Fletcher Fletcherism treats narratives (myth, news, rumor) as instruments to be analyzed and repurposed, not as immutable truth claims The movement teaches media literacy, myth analysis, and creative rewriting as civic skills
Horace Fletcher and the Chewing Craze - Brewminate His method, quickly dubbed “ Fletcherism,” promised not simply weight loss but moral and physiological transformation Fletcher himself claimed to have shed nearly forty pounds through this practice, and he traveled the world to spread what he framed as a scientifically proven gospel of eating 1
FLETCHERISM: WHAT IT IS - Archive. org Fletcherism first affected families of sumptuous tastes, and the economy of it easily effected a saving of an average of a dollar a day, largely in the diminution of meat requirements and complex dishes