Diet Facts

Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.

Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.

Japan's Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100, and is known as the healthiest place on Earth.

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.

Anteaters prefer termites to ants.

Dolly Dimples, a circus sideshow performer who weighed over 500 lbs, lost more than 400 lbs by eating nothing but baby food, becoming a weight-loss celebrity in the 1950s.