Eat like a beast to stay slim
Ross Carter

From America comes the wild animal diet. And it’s not as daft as it sounds. If you eat like a wild animal, say two American zoologists, you will be lean and healthy. Wild animals, according to Dr William Karest and Dr Fritz Walther, are rarely fat and lazy. They have to hunt for their food, and eat only when they are hungry.

It’s only when animals become domesticated, say the scientists, that they fall into bad eating habits and can pile on unnecessary and unhealthy pounds.

Most wild animals eat early in the day. They then have plenty of time during the remaining daylight hours to work off all their excess calories. Humans, especially, tend to reverse this pattern.

In modern society many of us eat hardly anything first thing in the morning and may not have much lunch. We more than make up for it late at night. But at the end of the day our bodies cannot digest the food properly and while we are asleep, there is a definite tendency for this food to turn into fat.

Animals normally eat a high-fibre diet. This goes for both vegetarian and meat-eating creatures. Grazing animals eat lots of grass and weeds all day long. This keeps them feeling full, but never makes them fat. One of the remarkable aspects of animals’ eating habits is the way in which carnivorous animals tend to demolish the whole carcass of their prey, including fur, feather and bones. Wild animals do not eat and drink at the same time. They chew their food slowly and this means they feel full on less of it. — Asia Features

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