Thanks for the replies guys :) i have another question; as I understand it eating carbs increases the blood sugar level. The blood sugar is either used for energy or stored in the our fat tissues or in the liver and muscles for when it is needed. Insulin is produced to take the excess glucose from the blood and stores it as fat, helping to... more

Thanks for your help stan :) the plantains we ate werent ripe and contained no sugar at all. They were extremely bland. The point of the jungle diet was to refrain from the intake of food containing salt, sugar, sweets, oil, fats, or red meat. We did eat rice by the way. Our diet now consists of basically normal everyday diet. Break... more