Hi Gemma

I attended, a couple of years ago, an interesting talk at King's which was a 'tie in' to a programme called "Wild Food" by Ray Mears and what we were all eating back in the mists of time http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/events_details.php?event_id=378&year=2007.

Dr Anthony Leeds, Nutritional Sciences Division, was one of the speakers (along with Ray Mears and Prof Gordon Hillman who both appeared in the TV series) and might be a suitable person to speak to.

There's also the British Dietetic Association too of course. Be a little wary of 'nutritionists' :)

Good luck with the project,

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Dear all

I'm currently producing a short film documentary for my 3rd year science communication project, which asks whether we can remove meat from a human diet and still remain healthy. In light of the recent news that we should adopt a vegetarian diet in order to help save the planet, I would like to interview an expert on whether this is sensible from an evolutionary basis. I want to ask questions such as 'have we evolved to eat meat? Can we remove it from our diets and remain healthy, and what, if anything, would we need to supplement our diets with'?. I would only need 15 minutes, am happy to work round schedules and will travel to the interviewee.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

Thank you!

Gemma

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