Created by Horace Fletcher, this diet had no change in what you eat, but how you eat. In a effort to eat only when hungry, the dieter would chew their food 32 times before swallowing. This would, supposedly, cause the dieter to reduce food intake. This is a dangerous effort, seeing as how it could be a slippery slope with disordered eating, seeing as people could begin to chew their food and just spit it out after tasting it. It’s not a fast track to disordered eating, but it’s certainly possible. Besides that, there is nothing to this diet. It has little to no supporting evidence, with those on the contrary pointing out it’s minimal effects. Can it be helpful? Yes, but only in conjunction with proper eating.
4: “FLETCHERIZING,” 1903
