It's better to obtain
sufficient dietary carbohydrates to support a healthy gut.
Not exact matches
I would suggest that for humans to have developed the ability to stay in ketosis even with more than
sufficient protein intake, we must have at least have spent frequent long periods in a condition of very low
carbohydrate, high fat access, either exogenously or endogenously, and more than adequate protein as a
dietary norm.
Again, Perfect Health Diet recommends 400 calories (100g)
carbohydrate, and argues that, because the amount of glucose that can be manufactured from protein is hormonally limited, even if
dietary protein is
sufficient at least 200 readily digestible glucose calories should be eaten to avert the risk of a glucose deficiency.
In fact, as long as the diet provides
sufficient glucose precursors (amino acids, fats, etc.),
dietary carbohydrates are not needed for growth and maintenance.
Without
sufficient energy from
dietary fat or
carbohydrate,
dietary protein ordinarily used for growth or maintenance of body functions is less efficiently converted to energy.