During the past 100,000 years man hasn’t changed much. The size of his brain and the physiology of his body are just about the same as the ancients who invented the wheel and built the pyramids. But our diets have changed. A lot! During the early part of the last century our great grandparents ate 500 grams of carbohydrates per day. By the end of the century we were eating 360 grams. The intake of complex carbohydrates rich in fiber has decreased enormously resulting in a lack of fiber in the American diet. Everywhere you look nowadays, from supermarket shelves to fast food window advertisements, the low carb diet is on display. Step back from the hype and read a few articles and books on diet and nutrition. Every study conducted in the past few decades has shown that eating carbohydrates in the form of ...

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