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Well from my understanding, if you have an active lifestyle, then your body needs carbs to replenish glycogen stores. And proteins to repair and grow muscles. F
by im3w1l 3y ago
Well from my understanding, if you have an active lifestyle, then your body needs carbs to replenish glycogen stores. And proteins to repair and grow muscles. Fats aren't needed for anything in particular, except in small amounts.
But 2040 kCal is so much that the body will turn the energy into fat even if it didn't start out as fat.
- inconceivable 3y agoyour body doesn't need any carbs. carbs are cheap and easy and tasty and plentiful but not required at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis also, the US government says you should eat a shitload of it, so you can probably just assume it's terrible for you.
- esailija 3y agoThey said for active lifestyle.
- inconceivable 3y agoyeah, so? there are plenty of fat adapted athletes. and 'active' people don't come anywhere close to the needs of a real athlete.
- stjohnswarts 3y agoFats aren't needed in the human body? That's just flat out wrong. Carbs are what aren't needed. The body can create whatever sugars it needs from fat and protein.