Do I need any carbs?

[CoolHands]

Chap at work lost a load of weight and has become a bit of a zealot after reading all sorts of stuff about how our bodies break down energy sources. He’s very interesting to talk to. I forget most of what he says but mostly it revolves around how the foods we’ve been told are healthy is mostly due to the governments of the world needing to feed people.

So grains, rice, carb type foods etc and less meat as it’s expensive and intensive to farm. He thinks our bodies don’t deal with it well and it turns to sugar which your bodies use, and hence underlying fat etc doesn’t get used and I think gets deposited. So eating loads of meat and fats cheese etc is good and then your body starts dealing with everything differently and the energy they provide is not a short high, but a longer period. Also you don’t get hungry etc.

I can’t remember all the stuff but that’s the gist. Similar to the keto diet I think.

So, do I need carbs? I was thinking about carnivores like lions etc and they pretty much eat no carbs I suppose so I do sort of see that we could have been fed a load of hogwash over the years. I now recognise that govts have fed up so much bullst over the years about all sorts so I’ve no doubt food is one of them. So I am inclination to believe him and volte-face

[CoolHands]

For the last month I’ve sort of done what he advocates and it does make you realise the amount of crappy carbs you eat eg pizzas, French bread, crisps, loads of breakfast cereals etc etc. So now I feel like yeah I can see breads is mostly stodgy rubbish that just fills you up if you see what I mean? I’m not saying never eat another wrap again or anything. I had prawns with guacamole in a wrap at the weekend. But it is making me think / see something.

Ps I don’t work out I just sit at a computer all day!

Pps I bought a decent sized steak and it was ridiculous it only had something like 300-odd calories in it?!