Most inventors have high hopes for their creations: Even Frankenstein had good intentions for his monster's future. But once it is set loose in the world, an invention may live out a very different life than its creator intended. The creator of Corn Flakes was John Harvey Kellogg, a 7th Day Adventist, doctor and surgeon. John Harvey Kellogg’s writings, which are available online through the University of Virginia, offer a window into his austere and often creepy life philosophy, of which food and diet was a main part.