Cool Diet Stories
Health stories that caught my eye this week:
If you thought a good diet could help all the time, this story doesn’t help:Among breast cancer survivors, adopting a low-fat diet high in vegetables, fruit and fiber does not prevent the cancer from returning or prolong survival, according to a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Monkeys have their own brand of contraceptive:Baboons in Nigeria are consuming natural contraceptives which, for around three months of the year, prevent females getting attention from males and falling pregnant.Eating the ‘chasterberry’ increases progesterone levels beyond those during pregnancy and prevents ovulation and behaving very much like the human contraceptive pill. Plus by eating this fruit,the females don’t get those sexy swollen bottoms that male baboons love.
Adelie penguins have altered their fish diet to a more shrimpy crustacean palate as Antartic whaling practices have led to a krill population explosion.
Foods with a low glycemic load (legumes,cereals) can help prevent acne.
July 24th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Interesting how nature always finds a way with some of the challenges.
I’m sure there is a lesson for us in those stories.