Always Hungry? Here’s Why

Re:Always Hungry? Here’s Why by hollerith on Sunday May 18, 2014 @12:38PM (#7763472)

>brain needs glucose, can't fuel any other way

Not so: the brain can be fueled by ketone bodies, which the liver can create from fat.

P.S. I agree with your larger point that avoiding all carbs for many days at a time should only be done by people who have informed themselves of the risks (acidosis and kidney stones).

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Re:Always Hungry? Here’s Why by mixmastamyk on Sunday May 18, 2014 @03:51PM (#7764140)

What did humans do before large numbers of carbs were widely available? Die of kidney stones? Or perhaps this is because modern people have become accustomed to them being available?

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Re:Always Hungry? Here’s Why by merrua on Monday May 19, 2014 @05:23AM (#7766529)

There is carbs in vegetables. Beans too. Just not as much in most of them as grains.

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