Is An All-Sardine Diet The Key To The Next Superhuman Surfer?

Sardines tend to be a contentious meal item, but we all know they’re packed with not only protein, vitamins B12 and D, calcium, and iron, but that holy grail for health food freaks: Omega-3 fatty acids.

So when the Harvard- and Oxford-schooled Nick Norwitz (MD, PhD) began to wonder whether a diet not just rich but rife with sardines would give him dolphin-like superpowers and couldn’t quite scientifically deduce that the answer was no, he set out on the brave journey to consume 1,000 sardines in 30 days.