What Holmes believed is conpetely irrelevant. Science is not based in belief.<p>John Kellogg (of Kellogg&#x27;s cereal fame) believed that sex and masturbation created all sorts of health problems. Corn flakes and other cereals were bland tasting foods that would supposedly reduce desire and prevent all sorts of disease. He also practiced some more aggressive and harmful &quot;cures&quot;.<p>Kellogg was well-intentioned, but his theories were complete quackery.<p>That&#x27;s why you have the FDA and onerous regulatory process around health related devices, health claims, and medicine.