Most replayed moment: Lessons from a 5000-year-old diet | Frank Maixner & Tim Spector

0:00Hello and welcome to Zoe Recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health.

0:10We have to stay sharp at Zoe.

0:12Nutrition science moves fast, so it's important for us to stay up to date with new discoveries and the latest advice.

0:19However, every now and then it helps to look back, way back.

0:24And in this recap, we're turning to a rather unusual teacher, a 5,000-year-old ice man, preserved in ice and carrying clues about the diet of our ancient ancestors.

0:35I'm joined by Frank Maxner and Professor Tim Spector to uncover what this prehistoric man ate and what those findings can teach us about our diet today.

0:46Frank, can you tell us about what happened, I think, about 30 years ago, high in the mountains, you know, between Italy and Austria?

0:53Yeah, it was in 1991, actually.

0:56So there was this couple from Nuremberg, Erika and Helmut Simon.

0:59They made holidays and they were on a hike in the mountains in the Alpine Ridge between Austria and Italy.