| > Note that hunter-gathers didn't just eat meat, they almost certainly ate berries and fruits (both of which contain sugars and are thus excluded from Keto diets). One can safely eat berries and fruits on Keto, just not too much of them. It's entirely possible that those hunter-gatherers were in ketosis even if they sometimes at berries and possibly other fruit. Not to mention fruit wouldn't have been available all year, which means they were likely in ketosis for most of the year. > by definition the goal is to place your body into ketosis You say that like ketosis is somehow a strange state for your body to be in. But given that fat is a more efficient fuel source for your cells, it seems that ketosis might be the normal state for your body to be in, and running on carbs the uncommon state. > but I wouldn't call removing an entire class of macronutrients "balanced". You're not necessarily removing it, you're reducing it so that it's no longer your primary fuel source. It's also the only macronutrient humans can survive without consuming. Gluconeogenesis provides enough glucose for the parts of your body that require it, and everything else runs on fat, which is more efficient than using sugar. > Rice has been a food staple in Asia for the vast majority of human history (having been domesticated in at least the Neolithic Period). And bread has existed in the Middle East and Europe for even longer. Human evolution is much much longer than human history, which is just a blip in comparison. |