Going Ape Lowers Cholesterol

A Goril­la-Style Diet Was Com­pa­ra­ble to Lovas­tatin in Low­er­ing Cho­les­terol

Maybe the ben­e­fits of the “Mediter­ranean diet” come from the rata­touille, not from the olive oil and fish:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3966

In case you are won­der­ing, aubergine means egg­plant.