I see the same point missed. In Asian culture for example - they eat little meat but a lot of rice. That is a way to keep your weight down. The problem is when you eat a lot of rice and a lot of meat. The rice does not make you fat as much as the rice keeps the fat from metabolizing and your body stores it. An old chinese chemist told me you can not eat suger and fat at the same time. So go low fat and eat sugar or go low carb and eat fat. Do not eat high carb and high fat. So yeah Asian cultures eat a lot of rice and little meat - that does not negate what LC eating means for the average american who eats high carb and high meat.