Re:Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough
by nathan-wailes on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:24AM
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Thanks for that information; I'm not expert enough to respond to the scientific claim that you made, but what I can say is that I suspect I'm using the term "need" in a less-strict sense than you are, to mean "if a person is not consuming any carbs, that person is likely going to eventually feel some level of 'healthy' craving for carbs".
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From what I've read, the craving for carbs is an adaptive evolutionary response, from an environment where food was scarce.
Carbs were only available in the summer/spring, and food became even more scarce in autum/winter. Thus, humans developed a powerful chemical response to carb intake - we crave carbs because they were the only means to fatten up and avoid starvation and death.