The thruth about food - BBC

[Yellow Petals]

The only thing I thought obvious was....the gang of folk who lived like apes for a couple of weeks, living almost purely on totally raw fruit and veggies, all started the test suffering with high blood pressure and high cholestral.  Obviously after 2 weeks intensive veggie eating, which probably caused their entire digestive system to completely clean out, their cholestrol levels, etc, would all have dropped.  To me, that went without saying. 

Yeah, eating like an ape seems to be pretty good for cholesterol levels, but the assumption that animal protein only entered the diet relatively late (in pre-historic terms) strikes me as unrealistic, when we know that chimps and baboons hunt, and that almost all primates eat eggs when they can get them, and some animal protein according to size (small monkeys eat large insects, larger ones eat lizards, etc)

Did you know, for example, that if you have problems getting an erection, eating 4 cloves of raw garlic a day could help things perk up?

But NOT if the problem is caused by the medication you take for high blood pressure!
Garlic is (apparently) good for certain types of furred-up arteries, and 'erectile dysfunction' can often be an early warning symptom of potential heart problems of that type.

I LOVE garlic.  I put it into so much of my cooking - my family get it whether they want it or not, LOL.  My downfall (apart from chocolate, mmmm) is salt.  I am a terrible over user of salt - on my own food I must add, not in general cooking.  I have been known to add salt more than 2-3 times on one of my meals  :o

[Yellow Petals]

[Robert_Brenchley]

With human remains having been consistently found with animal bones that appear to have been broken open to remove the marrow, I wouldn't believe for one moment that our ancestors were vegetarian! One very plausible suggestion has been that Australopithecus (the most primitive hominid) would come along as one of the last scavengers on a kill, use stones to break open the long bones, and gain high-protein nourishment from the marrow.

[RSJK]

Just a thought if we all ate like apes would  nut trees have to carry a warning that " some of these shells may have nuts in them".

                  ;D ;D ;D ;D