"Paleo." "Caveman." These are the diets sweeping dieting culture, in part because, much like the NERC diet of this blog, these regimes eliminate processed, packaged and refined foods--including refined carbs, a cause dear to my heart. These diets (sometimes) emphasize whole, uncooked grains, seeds, berries and certain fruits and meats, although the latter is usually limited (tough to catch that water-buffalo with a spear...).
That said, there are differences. The editor of About.com's Low Carb Diet page reconnoitered the whole space while attending the Ancestral Health Symposium, an impressive-sounding conclave that basically explores the trend mentioned above.
I'm always curious about how grains and other carbohoydrates are treated in these diets, because, for my money, regulating blood-sugar is a major challenge--all the more so, because modern existence inherently cuts down on physical activity, and 'burn-off' that active humans of yore engaged in--allowing them a little more leeway in the amounts of carbohydrates they could ingest--processed or unprocessed.
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