 Ratcliffe counters arguments against a high carbohydrate diet with examples from the eating habits of longest surviving Asian cultures.She maintains that a low fat/low salt diet is the key to effectively extract nutrition from any kind of diet.It is worth noting that traditional Asian cuisine is typically higher in protein, fat, and salt than her suggested diet, with soy based protein, nuts, legumes, cooked cereal grains, seafood, eggs, modest amounts of poultry and pork often being included, as well as the use of heat.