Dear Everyone,

It might interest the raw foodies that Professor David Jenkins at the
University of Toronto has been following a Simian (monkey) diet for the
past few years and he has a trial going to look at the effects on blood
lipids in a group of people etc. The Simian diet involves eating only fruit
and vegetables, but not grains or starchy roots and tubers.  He has told me
personally that although they intended the diet to be based on raw foods,
they found that they were not able to eat sufficient calories for their
requirements because of the sheer bulk of of raw fruit and veges.  So the
trial continues but with cooked veges.

Best wishes  Jennie


Jennie Brand Miller  PhD
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
Department of Biochemistry  G08
University of Sydney
NSW 2006  Australia
Phone: (61 2) 9351 3759
Fax: (61 2) 9351 6022