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Green for Life

In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees.

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Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours.

The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly more green leaves than humans.

Victoria developed a series of greens smoothies that enable anyone to consume the necessary amount of greens in a very palatable way..

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Author: Victoria Boutenko

Publisher: Raw Family Publishing

Date: Oct. 20, 2005

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