carbohydrates

[Mortblanc]

Carbs are not necessary for sustaining health. They are bulk in the diet. Often bulk calories that contribute little to your health. Unless carbs are contributing fiber they are doing little to benefit the body that protein and fats can not do better.

Modern people eat a carb heavy diet because that is more efficient agriculturally, not for health reasons.

I have noticed that you Brits have a definite preference for the meat and potatoes as constant sustenance. (in other parts of the world it is rice, chick peas or various breads that form the base)

Americans tend to do the same with the government pushing a carb heavy base diet, then admonishing us for being overweight!

This carb heavy diet is the reason we now have an obesity crisis and type 2 diabetes is epidemic.

While one can starve to death eating a constant diet of rabbit, that is due to the shortage of fats, not carbs.

Primitive man often lived on a diet of meat with a few roots and greens on the side. Oddly enough, as soon as the archeological records show a switch to farming and a carb based diet humans got smaller, sicker and started having dental problems.

Some of those carbs will turn to sugar while still in your mouth. That is why you crave them!

Due to a heart attack 10 years ago I have been on a strict carb allowance for a decade. My daily carb intake is equal to one slice of bread and that is spread over the entire day of eating.

Small servings of lean meat and lots of greens and selected non-carb veggies are my basic sustenance.

I usually eat no sweets at all.