When Ketchup Was Medicine: The 1830s Cure-All That Cured Nothing #HistoryFacts #Shorts

In the 1830s, ketchup wasn’t for fries — it was for fevers, indigestion, and even baldness.

Yes, doctors actually prescribed ketchup as a miracle cure. One physician marketed it as a medicinal tonic, and soon, people were popping ketchup pills like candy.

Spoiler: it didn’t work.
(No amount of tomato paste fixes hair loss.)

But it did taste better than most medicine.

When the medical world gave up on ketchup, chefs stepped in — and turned it into the condiment we drench our fries in today.

From pharmacy shelf to fast food tray — one of history’s tastiest comebacks.

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