4 ms·

Paleo diet: Big brains needed carbs http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150806133148.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150806133148.ht..

• mycelium 11y ago
  The second sentence of the paper that page discusses: it is clear that—to a first order of approximation—our physiology should be optimized to the diet that we have experienced during our evolutionary past. That paper doesn't dispute the value of a paleolithic diet, rather it disputes what's in that diet.
• TheSpiceIsLife 11y ago
  We don't need to eat carbohydrates because we can make our own, the metabolic pathway is called Gluconeogenesis[1]. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis
  • danieltillett 11y ago
    You do need some glucose in your diet for your brain. A complete absence of glucose will kill you.
    • TheSpiceIsLife 11y ago
      It would probably be impossible to eat a diet completely void of glucose, even meat contains some sugars. People have been known to survive for weeks without food, and therefore dietary glucose.