Captain Scott’s Team Were ‘Killed by Slimming Diet’ Scientists Claim
29th June 2012
The men expended more energy than Olympic athletes as they hand-hauled their supplies on sledges across hundreds of miles of ice and snow.
Their rations were too high in protein and too low in fat, and simply did not deliver enough calories, say scientists. As a result, the polar explorers starved to death.
Let that be a lesson to us all.