At the beginning of the 20th century, an American health food faddist named Horace Fletcher introduced the Chewing Diet to popular culture. The program revolves around chewing up every bite of your food 32 times or more in order to prevent fat growth and upset stomachs. Every bite should spend 30 seconds or more in your mouth, and you'll grow so sick of eating that you'll only worry about the bare necessities. Doing so should allow weight loss to come quickly. In fact, Fletcher claimed to drop 40 pounds by properly chomping up everything that went into his mouth. Of course, practicing the Chewing Diet takes more time to eat, as well as causing your jaw to
