Eric, your question regarding ketosis is an excellent one - and one that usually starts massive flame wars. 
 
So I really suggest spending a fair amount of time on the sites I referenced above, plus following up on whatever useful links or search terms you discover. Should take you several weeks... ;-) 
 
My take is that being in a ketogenic state is healthier and is the default state of H. sapiens. What little glucose is necessary (some parts of the brain, and a few other tissues) is fulfilled by protein conversion to glycogen. 
 
This is not to say high-carbohydrate diets are necessarily bad - they're not, but they're not optimal. And there are all sorts of things to worry about when consuming high-carb: avoiding large amounts of PUFAs, getting the correct ratio of PUFAs you need, like omega-6 and -3, avoiding anything more than small amounts of fructose, and dealing with plant anti-nutrients. 
 
Regarding your visceral fat - definitely check out the sites referenced. 
 
I'll stop here - I sense the pitchforks coming out...

Eric, if this is the first time you've ever tried low-carb eating, you're in for a treat. And some challenges. 
 
Some online sites you might find useful: 
http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ 
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/ 
 
To answer your question, it depends. Entering ketosis normally requires restricting carb intake to < 20g/day, but keeping it under 80g/day is considered the threshold for "low-carb". (Note this is net intake after subtracting fiber.) 
 
Have fun - low-carb is for everyone, but not everyone has the fortitude to get through the initial stages and stick with it in a post-Neolithic world... ;-)

Deconstructed masterfully (as usual) at: 
 
http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2008/12/dodgy-danci.html

A better way to analyze the problem is to examine the amount of GDP spent to keep people safe. Declining numbers of rapes and homicides do not provide the whole picture. More people live in gated communities. More people have alarm systems and security guards monitoring neighborhoods in middle class areas. Many cities have areas where people do not walk at night. Nobody sleeps overnight on beaches, which was the practice forty years ago. Safety has been purchased at a high cost in many cities with cameras on nearly every block.

"i think they would resist. their tasmanian ancestors were the subject of a genocide predicated on the idea that they were animals. i think they are suspicious of scientists (the last pure blooded tasmanian was displayed like an animal in a museum)." 
 
That's crap. There was no "genocide", most of them were killed off by disease. More whites than natives died in the sporadic violence that occurred (in the 1820s & 30s). It's also extremely TRENDY for Tasmanians to claim native ancestry nowadays.

i wish someone would post some pictures of blonde aboriginals here! surely someone must've travelled to central australia and posted the pics on flickr etc 
 
the two posted above are the closest i've seen on the whole web!!  
email me if you have anything please...

The proper term is "A Bright", not to be confused with BEING bright.

SOOO true. I don't understand why more people don't see this.