In a culture that celebrates carbohydrates as the body and blood of God (The Eucharist), low-carb diets in any form will always be politically incorrect.  That Keith is seeking an ecumenical solution to this problem is only to be admired!
 
Marvin Harris, who founded the cultural materialism movement in Anthropology, explains several religious behaviors as an adaptation to the needs of our crops.
 Several publications by Harris examine the cultural and material roots of dietary traditions in many cultures, including Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (1975); Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture (1998 - originally titled The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig) and his co-edited volume, Food and Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits (1987).
 
Another, more recent example of this would be Richard Bulliet's article in a Saudi publication explaining how the invention of the camel saddle made Islam necessary and possible.
 
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197303/why.they.lost.the.wheel.htm
 
Ray


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From: Ron Hoggan  My third thought is that if we aren't careful we will
become a list that debates religion rather than the paleo perspective on
diet.