Entry Posted January 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6248975.stm A BBC TV show locks nine volunteers into a zoo and feeds them the sort of food our ape-like ancestors once ate, to healthy results. I wonder if a caveman diet (meat okay, but no processed foods such as bread) would give similar results. 08:22
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Chez Us (www.chezus.com):
… Lenny saw an episode that Dr. Oz did on the “Ape Diet”, which was an experiment that theBBCconducted a year ago. Basically, they “locked” a group of volunteers in the zoo for 12 days and feed them a diet that the apes would eat - fruit, vegetables, nuts and honey. In the end the diet proved to lower their …
LolaBloom (lolabloom.blogspot.com):
… Dr. Oz was on Oprah today talking about food and it was a wonderful show! He highlighted a story about9 people who lived in the zoofor 12 days and kept to an "evolutionary" new diet—the zookeeper fed them a diet reminiscent of an ape's. They each ate 11 pounds of fresh fruits, veg and nuts a day. They all experience weight loss, a lowering of their previously blood pressure and …
Bob Talks Too Much (bobislam.blogspot.com):
… Going Ape …
Weight Loss Products Review (weightlossproductsreview.wordpress.com):
… lost weight and saw their blood pressure and cholesterol levels fall. The average volunteer lost almost 10 pounds, their cholesterol levels dropped 23 percent, and their average blood pressure fell from 140/83 (very nearly hypertensive) to 122/76.BBC News January 11, 2007 …
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