13. Benjamin Franklin Ate Everything. Constantly.
Ben Franklin was one of the founding fathers of America, an inventor, entrepreneur, and writer. When he was a child, he insisted that he wanted to be a vegetarian, because he did not want to eat meat. However, instead of eating something healthy, he consumed nothing but cookies and raisins. As an adult, Franklin succeeded in a lot of things, but he was a little strange with his lifestyle. He liked to take what he called “air baths”, which was really just letting himself sit around his house completely naked for a while when he first woke up in the morning. He was famous for saying, “An apple a day will keep the doctor away”, but we know that he ate a lot more than that.
He was known for being chubby, and indulging in French cuisine and red wine at dinner time. He even developed gout from eating too many foods that were too rich, with not enough healthy nutrients in his body. He was a big fan of fruit and maple syrup, so it’s not hard to imagine him having a sugary breakfast with his tea or coffee. He may have had greasy eggs and bacon in the morning, since those are known for being a great cure to a hangover.