Super pill to combat our sedentary, lazy lifestyles

MODERN sedentary lifestyles make it impossible for people to get enough vitamins and minerals, an Oxford University academic has said, as he backed a new super-supplement which claims to radically improve health.

Dr Paul Clayton, of the Institute of Food, Brain and Behaviour, warned that homo sapiens had become homo sedensis, a species which no longer engages in enough physical activity to warrant the number of calories we need to sustain us nutritionally.

But for the first time he believes that a supplement could help and has become the scientific adviser for a new ‘super pill’ called Lyma.

The supplement, which promises to reduce anxiety and insomnia by 70pc, shorten colds by 37pc and increase antibodies by 32pc, is also backed by scientists at the University of Westminster in the UK, who conducted trials into one of its ingredients.

Dr Clayton said people with a good diet should not need supplements, but he has found that to get the correct nutrition today, people should be eating around 3,000 calories – far too much for today’s sedentary lifestyles.

The secret to longevity in the past was physically demanding lifestyles and healthy, unprocessed food, he believes.

“We used to be physically very active, we’re designed to work with our hands,” Dr Clayton said.

“But we are naturally lazy and easily seduced by things that make life easier for us, like wheels on our luggage.”