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Macro partitioning
Traditional Australian Aboriginal hunter-gatherer diets were characterized by high protein intake, low carbohydrate availability, and high fiber content, resulting in a macronutrient profile distinct from modern Western diets.
Focus on a diet where protein is the dominant macronutrient source, carbohydrates are limited and derived from fibrous plant sources, and fiber intake is high. This mirrors the macronutrient distribution of traditional hunter-gatherer diets rather than modern Western patterns.
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The traditional diet of Australian Aboriginal hunter-gatherers was high in protein, low in carbohydrate, and high in fiber.
Why this rating
Based on ethnographic and anthropological data from a specific population, not a controlled clinical trial.
Source
Traditional diet and food preferences of Australian Aboriginal hunter-gatherers
K O'Dea · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1991
DOI 10.1098/rstb.1991.0112
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