On this episode of The Flask At Hand Podcast we talk about lies. Historical lies we.... or some of us anyway continue to believe. Starting out with an interesting true/false quiz which Aaron and Jake fail horribly. We then learn why Jesus is portrayed as a white guy with blue eyes and light hair even to this day in almost every church, Christian or Catholic household, paintings and statues despite being born in the middle east. We then move into diamond territory and talk about the De Beers Corporation and their ingenious marketing ploys that allowed them to mine, sell and control the world's diamond industry based on one of the biggest and most lucrative lies of all time. Oh, and by the way... that one is still happening. Next we find out that whoever told us breakfast is the most important meal of the day lied to us, even if they didn't know it. From John Harvey Kellogg, the Eugenicist that invented Corn flakes to feed his mental patients to keep them from masturbating to C.W. Post, the inventor of Grape Nuts and former Mental patient of Kellogg's. We'll touch on some nutrition lies as well and get into short term fasting. Our whisky review this evening is none other than Sheep Dip blended scotch. Sheep dip is blended using up to 16 single malts from Speyside, the Highlands and Islay ranging from 8 to 20 years old. A delicious and interesting dram. So sit back and press play, sip, listen, learn and laugh with us! Thanks for listening. Cheers!!

The Whisky:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/sheep-dip/sheep-dip-whisky/

Where We Got Our Info:

https://theconversation.com/the-long-history-of-how-jesus-came-to-resemble-a-white-european-142130

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/06/26/jesus-was-not-white-heres-why-we-should-stop-pretending-he-was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_appearance_of_Jesus

White Jesus Audio clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMu32sC2nM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

https://www.telegram.com/zz/lifestyle/20160621/how-breakfast-became-known-as-the-most-important-meal-of-day

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/06/short-term-fasting-may-improve-health

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers

https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-de-beers-2011-12