04/11/2026
Have you ever been told that adopting a plant-based diet is optimal for brain and overall health? If so, you will be interested in learning that this concept was popularized by a Christian religious movement that held the core belief that alcohol was responsible for poverty, crime, and the breakdown of the family unit. According to research conducted by Belinda Fettke, an expert in the history of the origins of plant-based dietary trends, the Temperance Health Reformer movement initiated the promotion of vegetarianism in the western hemisphere by combining religion, science, philosophy, and politics to provide a scientific rationale for vegetarianism in the 1800s. Change your Diet, Change Your Mind