"Fletcherism" meaning in English

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        "A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry."
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        "(historical) A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry."
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