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Carbohydrates are sugars, and are required to live.

• hollerith 2y ago
  People dont need to eat carbs to stay alive: most tissues can run on fatty acids and ketones, and the body can make glucose (slowly) from protein. Dietary fiber is technically carbs (that the human body cannot digest and burn) and if a person eats no fiber, his gut microbiota withers, which is pretty bad, but won't kill him any time soon.
  • devmor 2y ago
    Sorry, let me rephrase - sugars are necessary for a pleasant and significantly healthy life.
    • hollerith 2y ago
      Did you mean to write sugars specifically as opposed to carbs that can be used to supply energy to the human body? I.e., wouldn't enough rice and potatoes suffice?