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Dan Reines
The Juice on Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory, Entertainer, begat Dick Gregory, Activist/Politician, who begat Dick Gregory, Food Zealot. In November '67, Gregory weighed 288 pounds. He was a vegetarian, but while he didn't eat meat, he ate damn near everything else, plus he smoked four packs of cigarettes and drank about a quart of scotch a day. Then he began a public fast—starting Thanksgiving Day—to protest the war in Vietnam. 40 days later—40 days of nothing but distilled water while he continued to travel and lecture around the country—Gregory broke his fast with a hearty glass of fruit juice. He weighed 97 pounds.
He was hooked on fasting.
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