The Dayalets, Vitamin Warriors

James Lileks welcomes us to the wonderful world of the Dayalets, a series of characters created in the '60s to teach children about nutrition. Or possibly to teach kids that their food might suddenly self-assemble and attack with any nearby eating utensils — the message isn't exactly clear.

As James says, "Never has the phrase 'you are what you eat' been proved so horribly."