How to Make a Pig Fat and Insulin Resistant

Here is an interesting study comparing pigs on a cereal grain based diet with those eating a more hunter/gatherer type diet. Notice that the paleo pigs weighed 22% less than the cereal fed pigs and had 43% less subcutaneous fat. Also, the insulin sensitivity was significantly improved in the paleo sample.

The low C reactive protein exhibited by the paleo fed pigs is an indicator of low systemic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is now being linked to everything from heart disease to degenerative neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. While this trial doesn't contain a human sample, the results are interesting.

Meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds. It is so simple.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1635051.