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The western diet is defined in contrast to Paleolithic diets by its specific nutritional composition, which includes a higher proportion of carbohydrates compared to the ancestral diet as described in [1].
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Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past todaysdietitian.com 1 fact
claimCordain asserts that late Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diets differed from the modern Western diet by having a lower glycemic load, a net base yielding to the kidney, higher potassium and lower sodium levels, higher fiber levels, more protein, fewer carbohydrates, and higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.