Apparently they only followed this experiment for 48hrs?  I don't know how much you could figure out after 2 days but they must have come up with something to broadcast it.

From what I'm seeing they were fed a caveman style diet, and what I'm enjoying (and I think others here will enjoy) is the premise seems to be that this "prehistoric diet" ends up being a solution to their problems, at least that's how I'm seeing it spun.

If this is true, it could mean some great positive publicity for caveman eating.

Despite his stance, one thing to keep I mind about Dr. Oz is that he's in the entertainment business, he's looking to draw viewers in and appeal to the masses.  This seems like just that, Paleo is probably one of the bigger topics in the diet/nutrition world right now.

This is an excerpt I found at http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.com/2011/10/this-just-in-dr-oz-takes-diet.html

According to zoo director Dr. Jeremy Goodman, Dr. Oz had the women camp out at the White-Napes Cranes exhibit for 48 hours.

"It was an interesting experience," said Goodman. "There's something to be said about going to all natural foods and moving away from processed food — mother nature usually gets it right."

Definitely sounds positive.  That being said, I'll bet this "prehistoric diet" is low-fat.

Well that was disappointing.  His "prehistoric" diet contained not one tiny iota of meat!!  Not even fish or poultry.  Not even eggs!!  It was raw fruit and vegetables and beans and nuts.  I think that's it.  The "expert" they talked to later went on and on about how chock full of protein dark greens are!  And beans and tofu, just brimming with more than enough protein!  And how we shouldn't eat fat in liquid form if we're trying to lose weight because it's so caloric, but instead cook with coconut milk or broth etc., and use nuts for our fat!  It was basically an advertisement for being a raw food, low fat vegan.  Like almost opposite of paleo/primal eating.  Guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Wow, he probably could not have got it more wrong if he tried. That diet wouldn't be much better than the standard american diet...

This stuff gets my pulse rate up for about half a second, but then I remind myself that I don't really care about the diets of people I don't know. My life and health insurance should be cheaper though.