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 Food and water
Everyone needs food and water. But if you are stuck in the middle of nowhere, you soon realise how important these things are. Health24's DietDoc, Dr Ingrid van Heerden (who is also a serious Survivor fan), looks at the dietary issues in the past and present Survivor series.
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01. Survivor: Starvation diets
A fascinating aspect of the Survivor series is how much weight the contestants lose over the 39 days – all this without consciously going on a diet. DietDoc comments.
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02. Survivor: the seduction of food
The Survivor series is, once again, enthralling – not only because of the conniving and backstabbing, but because of the insight it gives into humanity's relationship with food.
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03. Diet lessons from Survivor
In each one of the Survivor series, food has played a crucial role and often determined the outcome of survival for individual participants.
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04. Diet monotony in Survivor
In most of the Survivor series, the monotony a a maize diet quickly starts taking its toll.
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05. Survivor: endomorphs vs. ectomorphs
In the last Survivor series, one of the participants actually gained weight. How is this possible? DietDoc explains the difference between "endomorph" and "ectomorph" body types.
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06. Survivor: food, seductive food
It's still early days in the Survivor Guatemala series and already the monotony of the maize diet is starting to have its effects. Read DietDoc's interesting comments.
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07. Survivor SA: balanced diet best
The Survivor SA series probably illustrates the most fundamental diet truth of all: human beings have evolved to eat a varied, and balanced diet. Read DietDoc's comments.
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08. Survivor: the power of comfort food
The power of comfort food, or how we as human beings are psychologically attached to well-known and trusted foods, was powerfully illustrated in a recent episode of Survivor SA.
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09. Survivor SA: will Iban starve?
Two tribes. Two different scenarios. And a lot of money on the line. Will Iban make it, despite the fact that their food is running low? DietDoc comments.
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