Samya
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Native American foods: History, culture, and influence on modern diets - ScienceDirect
This is a great article on what native Americans ate. Also, there is a video by Chris Masterjohn on how the Inuit are uniquely adapted to their native diet.
What I found interesting is how according to Chris, the Inuits genes actually prevent them from entering ketosis and increase gluconeogenesis. You would think those genetically adapted to a VLC diet would have an adaptation maximising 'nutritional ketosis' and be glucose sparing. Chris updated his theory recently, saying that due to hypothermia increasing acidosis that combining this with ketosis in Arctic conditions could lead to pathological ketoacidosis, so that may be why ketosis is genetically prevented in the Inuit.
As much as I love the carnivore rationale, their avoidance of plant toxins, and the fact that we are anatomically very well adapted to eating animal foods, all of those low carb guys tend to forget that it’s saturated fat we are after just like all mammals, NOT hundreds of grams of protein as per Saladino.
I think Saladino is actually a high fat/nose to tail guy.