Oddbean

I mean I just have a hard time believing all carbs are poison when I have grandparents that are healthy at 95 years old and eat carbs lol. The body is pretty resilient. Most people just are sedentary and massively overdue carbs based on their activity level

Some people handle them better than others, and your body can definitely survive in spite of some carbs. You’re just not optimized. My strength and tone 3x’d when I went from keto to like 98% carnivore.

I do fine without meat. I haven't eaten meat, or lard, meat broth etc since 1985, almost 40 years. I do eat dairy & pretty much anything healthy, loads of fresh vegetables & fruits, nuts, legumes, whole grains etc. Never been overweight, blood tests always good. Eating a variety of healthy foods is the best thing you can do for yourself (& exercise of course), just go to places like Italy and see how they eat. Food fads like the current carnivore stuff aren't going to work out long term for good health & will die out like all other diets/fads.

Carbs were eaten during times of food scarcity. Pasta was made in response to a lack of available meat. Americans are terriblly fat now because we eat even more carbs. We weren’t like that before the introduction of the food pyramid and seed oils. We were incredibly fit. Many Italians are overweight. Especially in southern Italy. I saw it firsthand. Again, your body can survive in spite of carbs. However, you are not optimized.

Anyone eating a balanced diet of *healthy* foods is going to be fine. A traditional Italian diet is great. As with a lot of countries highly processed garbage is pushed on the, American junk, and people fall for it unfortunately. It's sad

Depends what you are trying to optimize for. Losing weight? Carnivore pretty great for that. If you’re an athlete or a bodybuilder then no carb isn’t generally seen as optimal. Carbs also help thyroid function. There’s a lot of nuance to this topic