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> You need carbs for energy No, you don't. Of course, no carbs at all is impossible as even meat contains trace amounts but keeping it under 30gr (which is wha

by pakitan 11y ago

> You need carbs for energy No, you don't. Of course, no carbs at all is impossible as even meat contains trace amounts but keeping it under 30gr (which is what's generally accepted for keeping a nutritional ketosis state) is perfectly sustainable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbohydrate_diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbohydrate_diet

a3n 11y ago
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/ "Foods high in carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet. Carbohydrates provide the body with glucose, which is converted to energy used to support bodily functions and physical activity." We can quibble about what mix you need of carbs, but if you aren't getting your carbs from something that's obviously from a plant, you may not be getting enough and you should probably pay attention to however you do get them. The less processed your carbs the better; the carbs you get from a cow are very highly processed. You need glucose. No carbs is probably not what your body evolved to live in.
- pakitan 11y ago
  Are you seriously trying to use a blog post with zero referenced studies to back up your opinion? Was I supposed to be impressed by the harvard.edu domain? Did you even glance over the wiki page I posted above? Low/zero carb diets are unlikely to be the holy grail for everyone but if you want to argue, at least spend some time reading up on the actual science involved, rather than blog posts by unknown authors.
  - a3n 11y ago
    You originally said "low/no" carbs. I was taking issue with no. I won't bother you again.
    - pakitan 11y ago
      No, it was MCRed who originally said low/no carbs. I was pretty clear that you get some carbs with your food no matter how hard your try to avoid it. What I said is that it's generally accepted that you need less than 30g carbs/day to be in nutritional ketosis state and it's perfectly sustainable. And while I find close-to-zero (if you want to be 100% technically correct) carbs diets too restrictive for my own taste, people are not exactly dropping dead from them either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-carbohydrate_diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-carbohydrate_diet https://www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb/

by pakitan 11y ago

a3n 11y ago

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/ "Foods high in carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet. Carbohydrates provide the body with glucose, which is converted to energy used to support bodily functions and physical activity." We can quibble about what mix you need of carbs, but if you aren't getting your carbs from something that's obviously from a plant, you may not be getting enough and you should probably pay attention to however you do get them. The less processed your carbs the better; the carbs you get from a cow are very highly processed. You need glucose. No carbs is probably not what your body evolved to live in.

pakitan 11y ago
Are you seriously trying to use a blog post with zero referenced studies to back up your opinion? Was I supposed to be impressed by the harvard.edu domain? Did you even glance over the wiki page I posted above? Low/zero carb diets are unlikely to be the holy grail for everyone but if you want to argue, at least spend some time reading up on the actual science involved, rather than blog posts by unknown authors.
- a3n 11y ago
  You originally said "low/no" carbs. I was taking issue with no. I won't bother you again.
  - pakitan 11y ago
    No, it was MCRed who originally said low/no carbs. I was pretty clear that you get some carbs with your food no matter how hard your try to avoid it. What I said is that it's generally accepted that you need less than 30g carbs/day to be in nutritional ketosis state and it's perfectly sustainable. And while I find close-to-zero (if you want to be 100% technically correct) carbs diets too restrictive for my own taste, people are not exactly dropping dead from them either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-carbohydrate_diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-carbohydrate_diet https://www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb/