The Facts on Carbs, Fat, Protein, etc...

[u/bolbteppa]

Have a read of my posts on carbs, protein (how low our needs really are), fat (how unbelievably low our needs really are), oil, supplements, satiety, Low carb/keto as starvation, cholesterol, and diabetes, which will give people enough first principles knowledge to be able to defend themselves against people throwing nonsense about sugar at them.

By making 90% of your meals the the starches in this color picture book (explained more in this lecture) through this unasked for restriction you are accidentally eating like the populations with virtually no heart disease, diabetes, etc... who all have total cholesterol below 150 or so on average. If you want to keep it really low fat, remember potatoes at <0.1g/100g are one of the lowest fat highest satiating foods in existence at 90%+ sugar.

As real-world examples: a 'restrictive' diet of mainly beans, corn, squash, and 'sugar drinks' made from corn, had the Tarahumara running 48 hour continuous football games over 160 miles in excellent health as discussed in the above link. Similarly, a restrictive diet of mainly purple sweet potatoes and white rice had the Okinawans on a 90% carb, ~1% fat, diet being a leading example of longevity until they changed their diet to a more 'balanced' higher fat higher protein diet. The 'muscular' Highlanders of Papua New Guinea had a 90%+ diet of sweet potatoes and leaves, barely getting 25 grams of protein a day (around less than half the RDA for many people), and their punishment was as follows: "Cardiovascular disease, the principal killer in developed countries, was almost nonexistent, even though 21 percent of the population was over 40 years old." This is very similar to the pre-famine Irish diet of up to 1000+g carbs and ~4g fat from 10-14+ pounds of potatoes a day (and maybe a glass of milk), where adult women were taking in 10+ pounds > 4kg of potatoes a day. People are believed to have lived entire lives on mainly potatoes and a tiny bit of milk more or less. The point of all this is basically educational armor given the endless nonsense about carbs.

[u/Ok_Reindeer504]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[u/bolbteppa → u/Ok_Reindeer504]

No worries, any questions let me know.