svenmorris said:For the last 3 days I have not eaten any carbs and my BS has dropped from 23 to 10! So I have assumed I am carb intolerant. Is it possible to live without carbs? Would love to know your thoughts.......
svenmorris said:Hi,
For the last 3 days I have not eaten any carbs and my BS has dropped from 23 to 10! So I have assumed I am carb intolerant. Is it possible to live without carbs? Would love to know your thoughts.......
One could take the position that a low carbohydrate intake is the 'normal' metabolic state associated with health. This is consistent with view that the majority of human evolution occurred in the backdrop of a low carbohydrate intake.
borofergie said:This is consistent with view that the majority of human evolution occurred in the backdrop of a low carbohydrate intake.
That is exactly the position that I take.
Sid Bonkers said:This argument is put forward a lot when low carb diets are discussed but to take this argument to its logical conclusion you might as well say that we should all return to the sea as that were we all came from, of course we have evolved over millennium to live on land and eat a diet that includes carbs and anyone wanting to turn the clock back and eat less than 30g of carbs a day needs to take vitamin supplements, how natural is that?
Sid Bonkers said:if living on a >30g carbs a day diet you will need to know a lot about nutrients and take vitamin and nutrient supplements as you can not gain certain vitamins on such a low carb diet.
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