Your story is pretty consistent with most low carb testimonials I've read, regardless of the "label" used. Paleo, Primal, Banting, LCHF. Most of them work because fundamentally they're cutting back on the carbs, whilst still maintaining the caloric input.
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Right. I was on some of the early low carb forums and people were saying that even then. Of course, finding the mechanisms and getting objective data is a whole different thing, but it's nice to be vindicated.
I suppose that those folks who talk about calorie restriction for longevity are really seeing carb restriction. When your diet is only 25% of your previous diet, that's only 25% of the carbs.