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 The bacteria in our mouth can’t process proteins and fats. They thrive on carbs, which causes them to reproduce and form more of a biofilm, which then leads to increased gingivitis and higher cavity risk.  No carnivore ever got a cavity 
 have you heard of a thing called amylase?  it's a digestive enzyme that's in your saliva and starts breaking down carbs in your mouth.  If you are having an issue with carbs that's more than likely a problem with your digestive system not the carbs.  Now everyone is unique but humans are omnivores and carbs are no issue when you are healthy.  That means real food carbs not crap they profit off of and the majority of the plebs consider as carbs.

A low/no carb diet does not work well for the majority of people.  In the short term you see benefits more than likely because where you came from was a lot of processed foods but in the long term thyroid, mitochondria, hormones, energy, etc. will be impacted. 
 Yeah absolutely. The issue is that most people are so metabolically unhealthy that their immune system cannot adequately fight the bacteria or their that their salivary amylase is not effective enough to break down the carbs. For the people that can’t effectively fight the bacteria, starving the bacteria by depriving them of the nutrients they need from a high carb diet is the simplest solution 
 I agree, but like I mentioned only short term, good chance you can take care of the carb issue with digestive enzymes instead more detrimental problems caused by running on oxidizing fat and converting protein to carbs basically which is taxing on the liver.

Your body needs carbs and it gets them no matter what why not make it easier to get the glucose it needs. 
 Totally agree. I don’t want this to turn into a keto/carnivore debate because there are strong opinions that I empathize with on both sides of the sugar/no sugar argument. My goal was to simply say that less sugar=less biofilm in the mouth 
 No worries, I have done most of the current guru diets out there.  But no vegan and never will. Keto->Carnivore->Animal Based and currently basically animal based with at least 220 grams of carbs a day which the majority is fruit with some rice and veggies.

Keto and carnivore killed my thyroid so for my body I need carbs.

Whatever works for your individual body is the way to go but too often people get into a cult like defense of a diet when if they actually were objective it may not be working as good for them as they think.