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<blockquote data-quote="pianoman" data-source="post: 240441" data-attributes="member: 35747"><p>In this "Letter to the Editor" of <em>The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition</em>, Dr Eric C Westman also discusses the rationale for the current guidelines, as he poses the question <strong>Is dietary carbohydrate essential for human nutrition?</strong> <a href="http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/5/951.2.full" target="_blank">http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/5/951.2.full</a></p><p></p><p>Please note that (as mentioned above) the body is able to manufacture glucose from amino acids (protein building blocks). This means that: while there may be a minimal daily requirement for glucose by some tissues -- such as the brain and CNS -- it does not necessarily follow that the glucose has to come by way of <em>dietary</em> carbohydrates. </p><p></p><p>PLEASE NOTE that I am <em>not</em> advocating a zero-carbohydrate diet... carbohydrates in green leafy vegetables and wild berries (as examples) come wrapped in plenty of other useful nutritional content. Not to mention that they taste good, and I prefer to eat "real whole food" rather than "carbohydrates, fat and protein."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pianoman, post: 240441, member: 35747"] In this "Letter to the Editor" of [i]The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition[/i], Dr Eric C Westman also discusses the rationale for the current guidelines, as he poses the question [b]Is dietary carbohydrate essential for human nutrition?[/b] [url]http://www.ajcn.org/content/75/5/951.2.full[/url] Please note that (as mentioned above) the body is able to manufacture glucose from amino acids (protein building blocks). This means that: while there may be a minimal daily requirement for glucose by some tissues -- such as the brain and CNS -- it does not necessarily follow that the glucose has to come by way of [i]dietary[/i] carbohydrates. PLEASE NOTE that I am [i]not[/i] advocating a zero-carbohydrate diet... carbohydrates in green leafy vegetables and wild berries (as examples) come wrapped in plenty of other useful nutritional content. Not to mention that they taste good, and I prefer to eat "real whole food" rather than "carbohydrates, fat and protein." [/QUOTE]
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