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On 3. note that carbohydrates are the only of the three macronutient we don't need to eat at all (see eskimo). Also we're very very good at fasting (using our

• aix1 5y ago
  In case anyone else is wondering how this is possible, he did consume vitamins, electrolytes and yeast (for essential amino acids). (According to the linked Wikipedia article.)
• fpoling 5y ago
  Milk contains carbohydrates and even Eskimo children need it.
  • 1_player 5y ago
    We thrive, as babies, on mother's milk for much more than carbohydrates though.
• NathanielK 5y ago
  > On 3. note that carbohydrates are the only of the three macronutient we don't need to eat at all (see eskimo). This isn't true. Although the Intuit people were largely carnivorous, they did not have a "keto" diet. They ate a lot of meat, but the animals they ate have extremely high amounts of natural glycogen. They also did not eat as much fat as expected, because animal fat was their source of heat and light for long winter nights. > ...When is abundant, the average daily diet of the adult Eskimo consists approximately of 30 to 40 grams of carbohydrate (which includes glycogen), 250 to 300 grams of protein, and about 150 grams of fat (FA/G=1.2). These amounts of meat are apparently not heroic, for it has been alleged that the Yakuts, on the Low Steppe, east of the Lena, eat as much as 25 and 30 pounds of meat a day.” —I.M. Rabinowitch (1936) If you are curious, this is an accessible review of the available materials.[1] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035644/https://www.freetheanimal.com/2014/10/damned-inuit-diet.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035644/https://www.freet...
  • mssundaram 5y ago
    They also ate berries and even some of partially digested plants from the stomachs of some of the land animals they ate.