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Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of... by eebynight on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:40PM (#23587567)
Why would our bodies need to evolve to follow them when the mechanisms are already built-in?

Our body already contains the necessary pathways, enzymes and processes to switchover to utilizing fat as fuel. We quite literally evolved to do this...

That being said, I think this adaption was more of an energy conservation mode for when food was scarce rather than our ancestors intentionally eating in a ketogenic compatible manner.

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Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of... by firethief on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:18PM (#23603677)
> That being said, I think this adaption was more of an energy conservation mode for when food was scarce rather than our ancestors intentionally eating in a ketogenic compatible manner.

Yeah, that's the point I was trying to make. I am aware that humans have the capability of surviving on a ketogenic diet, but that doesn't support the argument I was replying to that following such a diet is what we evolved to do.

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