Late last year, a TV production company filmed a new reality program in England. Nine volunteers set up camp in the Paignton Zoo in On average, each of the participants lost 10 pounds and experienced significant reductions in blood pressure and cholesterol. The majority of the participants signed up because they were experiencing health concerns and needed to do something drastic in order to improve their health.
I realize that this is sort of old news, but I just heard about it and I found it intriguing. I'm also very curious if this will become one of the many reality TV shows exported to the United States. Americans are willing to try a variety of drastic measures to lose weight. Will eating like an ape be one of them?
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Controversial
According to research, it you are going to pig out it should be on regular food, not fast food. In a study where monkeys were fed a diet consisting mostly of trans-fats, the types of fats most commonly found in fast foods, the primates gained more weight than those fed the same number of calories containing unsaturated fats.
What do you get when you cross Super Size Me with a Purina Dog Food commercial? You get
The monkeys at Budapest Zoo must be some of the happiest in captivity! Their feeding times are enlivened with a quantity of red wine each day; although there have been no instances of drunken brawls or other lewd behaviour.










