Going Back to Nature Literally
This article chronicles a little experiment that was done in a zoo in the UK. They took nine people, aged 36-49, and literally put them in the zoo for twelve days, in an enclosed tent right next to the apes. :) Oh, and they filmed the whole thing on TV.
The point of the experiment? They put those volunteers on a diet consisting only of fresh fruits and veggies – things they normally feed the apes. (Otherwise known as, the raw vegan diet – little do they know that there is a growing revolution of humans doing this on a regular basis! Like me!) They wanted to see what this diet would do for the volunteers’ cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
Here’s a list of the foods they fed the volunteers for those 12 days.
5kgs or 2,300 calories of fruit, vegetables, nuts and honey
On a 3-day rota, typically:
Broccoli, carrots, radishes
Cabbage, tomatoes, watercress
Strawberries, apricots, bananas
Mangoes, melons, figs, plums
Satsumas, hazelnuts
(Then, small amounts of cooked fish in the 2nd week, to imitate a hunter-gatherer lifestyle).
Anyone want to take a wild guess at the results?
Cholesterol levels and blood pressure levels were definitely reduced. But what really caught my interest was that the tv crews were primed to capture lots of unhappy and grumpy moments over the 12 days, but to their surprise, after a brief period of getting through caffeine and other food withdrawals, the participants were in a great mood and happy throughout the experiment.
Amazing how you feel, even mentally, when you eat a simple diet of whole, fresh foods that were designed specifically for your consumption!
I encourage you to read the article, it really speaks for itself and has some very interesting anecdotes and stories.
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