Essentiality of carbohydrates for human life/health

[Guest guest]

Some low carb diet promoters say that carbohydrates

are not essential for human health or life. What

evidence is there for that? Carbohydrates come with

protein and fat. Sort of built-in. In other words,

there's no whole food that doesn't contain

carbohydrates. So can it be proved that they are not

needed?

I've read on another group that carbs are needed to

burn fat (or maybe to burn it efficiently?)

Can anyone provide scientific evidence that carbs are

essential or nonessential?

Thanks

Roman

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[Guest guest]

Roman,

Your first impulse to think hey aren't carbs present in many

protein dominant foods is correct. Even the Masai who are some of

history's greatest lo carb dudes ate some carbs.

Unfortunately many lo/no carb folks erroneously and carelessly

categorize all carbs in the same group. They may not even actually

think that all carbs are created equal however their language is

careless enough to convey that.

Careless enough that someone could be convinced that a carb is a carb

is a carb. As if we could confuse wonder bread and kale or krispy

kreme and raw milk. Carbs actually are not the point. If you look

at Dr. Melvin Page's work or even much of Dr. Prices findings or

Schwarzbein's work and the concepts of many others in the lo/no carb

camp, the issue is not about carbs its about eat only whole

traditional foods. When you do this you suddenly discover that

shazam!!! you are eating, lo/no carb depending on which whole food

traditions your following. Some of the greatest lo carbers ever were

the Masai, if you follow their lead you'll be eating real well,

you'll be real well and real lo carb. If you follow the lead of the

Gaelic fishers or mountain swiss where they ate more grains and more

vegetables too than the Masai they ate more carbs however it was

still pretty low carb. The keys to their health and durability was

clearly the same, eating whole traditional foods properly prepared.

So yes carbs are essential, however they don't need to be

eliminated or eaten in excess. If you simply eat primarily properly

prepared grains and fruits as your " carb dominant " foods you should

still be eating so many veggies, butter, coconut oil, meat, dairy,

eggs, etc... comparatively that you would still qualify as lo carb,

even without trying to control your carb consumtion. So its not that

carbs are evil its that most of what our culture eats is evil and

they like evil type carbs especially.

I hope this was of some help.

Sincerely,

Dr. Marasco

Cincinnati, Oh

> Some low carb diet promoters say that carbohydrates

> are not essential for human health or life. What

> evidence is there for that? Carbohydrates come with

> protein and fat. Sort of built-in. In other words,

> there's no whole food that doesn't contain

> carbohydrates. So can it be proved that they are not

> needed?

>

> I've read on another group that carbs are needed to

> burn fat (or maybe to burn it efficiently?)

>

> Can anyone provide scientific evidence that carbs are

> essential or nonessential?

>

> Thanks

>

> Roman

>

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