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John of the Cross survived on a strict diet of asparagus
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
When you are reforming an entire religious order to be more hardcore, you have to lead by culinary example. During his intensely productive periods of mystical writing and monastic leadership, John essentially fueled his entire intellectual output on bitter asparagus and minimal bread. It turns out that profound spiritual poetry is best composed when you are entirely deprived of anything resembling a carbohydrate.
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