Re:carb- insulin resistance

[Guest guest]

This isn't exactly what I was looking for, but it's close.

http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition_guidelines/macronutrientland.html

Sally and do chart out many diets and compare them to some

traditional diets.

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In order to find our way out of the confusion of Macro-Nutrient Land, we

turn to Dr. Weston Price. What he found in his studies of healthy

primitive populations was great variety in macronutrient ratios. All

groups had a certain amount of animal foods, but the levels of fat and

carbohydrates varied widely--from almost no carbs in northern climates

to lots of carbs in tropical regions. The carbohydrates were supplied by

grains, legumes, tubers, honey and fruits like bananas. But even in the

tropical regions there were good sources of fat, from meat, fish, milk,

insects and palm and coconut oils.

Virtually no traditional diet falls within the USDA dietary guidelines

of 30 percent or less of calories as fat except when there is an actual

shortage of food. If meat or dairy products are consumed, the percentage

of calories from fat will be well over 30 percent. Olive oil used in the

Mediterranean, palm oil used in Africa, coconut oil used in the tropics

all add to the modern dieticians' collective nightmare.

What is consistent throughout the world, during periods of both plenty

and scarcity, is that protein rarely exceeds 20 percent of total

calories. Dietary surveys conducted 100 years ago--when Americans were

eating real food and not inhibited by any strictures on fats or

carbohydrates--recorded a range of 10-21 percent protein, with a

surprisingly narrow range of 10-15 percent for American diets (see Table

6).20 The American diets were also surprisingly high in calories,

ranging from 3400 to over 6600 calories, so the low percentage of

protein was not due to economic hardship. In fact, 14 percent of

calories in a 3500-calorie diet translates to 123 grams of protein per

day, or well over 1 1/2 pounds of meat--far higher than the current USDA

recommendation of 50 protein grams.

Fat content in the American diet of 100 years ago ranged between 34 and

48 percent. In a diet of 3500 calories per day, 40 percent of calories

as fat translates to 155 grams of fat. Assuming that half that fat comes

from meat and the balance from dairy products, the daily intake of

butterfat would be almost 3 ounces, equivalent to 3/4 stick of butter

per day.

Carol K