Batsheva > I think the whole notion of zero carb is somewhat  
contrived, in that paleo man, being hungry, would eat, forage, kill  
whatever he could to subdue the belly hunger. 

Thanks for your other thoughts, but I wanted to talk about this one in  
particular for a second.  Yes, he would eat when hungry and didn't  
intellectually contrive dietary boundaries save those based on  
experience and communal knowledge.  (Overeating protein for instance).  
  But, perhaps unless you're in subtropical Africa, mankind  
experienced great, long periods where no carbohydrates sources were  
available, were not in season.

So zero carb is hardly contrived, it was the *norm* for most of the  
year.  And, it must be said, other than a hard-to-obtain and rare  
honey cache, carbohydrates were nothing like the concentrated carbs we  
have as choices today.

My diet is an attempt to recreate the types and classes of foods, and  
their associated macronutrient profiles, that would be normal for  
paleo man.  I am tickled to death that it appears to be working after  
a couple of semi-satisfactory attempts in the past.  Fun and  
interesting stuff.

Jim