"Glycemic load is actually more important as it takes into account the other things in the food such as fibre and water. GI is a bit misleading and not very helpful."

"Rotted manure is good for growing veg as it has loads of nitrogen and other nutrients and also helps the soil retain moisture. You don't have to support the corpse industries to get manure either as horse poo is as good as any!"

"Peoples different genetic makeup means they store fat in different places - some the gut, some the hips etc. It sounds like you need to eat more fruit to give you the energy to exercise. Try to get 3000+ calories a day from fruit."

"The Sideshow Bob fruit."

"Thanks Windlord! Unfortunately I spent the day digging snow at work. A bit of snow in the UK causes chaos!"

"Is this a trick question??!!"

"I'm glad you guys like the program!"

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"Jogging distances to get ripe fruit certainly sounds plausible."

"Yes a mix of things is best I guess. Resistance training is supposed to have it's benefits too and I guess in pre-history we'd get this from climing over various things and lifting our body weight. Nothing comparable to benchpressing 200kg a few…"