Show graham bread named for lecturer on te temperance aperance graham bread received its name front from sylvester graham 1704 1 sni 1851 an american lecturer on temperance and food reform lie ile was born at suffield Su Bield conn after studying at amherst tor for a time he entered the presbyterian ministry in 1826 ile he maintained that a vegetable diet was incompatible with a desire for stimulants zama and as part of his bis temperance and food reform campaign he not only advocated total abstinence from weal meat but also recommended the eating ot of bread made of T or unbolted wheat flour that Is flour in which all the wheat kernel except the husk Is used in A defense of the graham system of LIA living p published in 1835 graham wrote of wheat bread there are three varieties varlet rie jes ties in the first all the bran Is set separated a rated in he second only the coarse and in the third none a at t all the bread mide made of flour from which all the bran has been separated Is that most commonly used but bread made of hour flour from which none of the arnn lias has hern been separated Is the most wholesome Is often referred to as the inventor or introducer of graham iravani ira hani bread ue lie was neither for whole wheat bread was the first wheat bread made grahams name became asso with its because he included the article in his dietary regimen which at one tinie time had ninny many thousands ol of ad adherents berents throughout the united states the system was called gra ham and its adherents indianapolis news |