I thought it was interesting in that it showed what I've always thought to be true, neither extreme is going to be good for you and a balance diet rich in a variety of foods as unprocessed as possible is likely to be the best long term - which seems to be not too far from the Mediterranean diet.
I think there's a load of bunk circulating on all these diets, like the Paleo insistence on no veggies - really? When paleo/archaeological evidence shows that our ancestors were clearly eating a variety of starchy roots, fruits, and wild grains. WHat they were not doing was processing the hell out of them.
The zero carb one was interesting for me as back in the pre-diagnosis days, I was heavily training for endurance, which involves depleting glycogen reserves to trigger yourself into fat buring mode, typically after about 90 mins of a run. The problem then is that to keep performing reasonably, you need a bit of circulating glucose along with the fat burning, soemthing to do with both mechanisms supporting each other. And you know what, this is exactly what I found, that I could go 90 mins easy with no carbs, between 90-120 depending on effortt level I'd start to struggle, much more than 2hrs would get very difficult. Conclusion - get a mixed diet.
I think the most useful part of this show (as in an entertainment show) was the last ten minutes with the sugar/fat combinations.
And who is Eddie anyway?
