Paleo Quick Tip Of The Day

There’s no such thing as an essential carbohydrate One of the first things that need to be elucidated are the absolute essentials for human survival and health. They are these: * Amino acids * Fatty acids * Electrolytes * Vitamins * Minerals * Water * Energy Of these, it is the last – energy – which generates an overwhelming majority of the controversy and conflict in nutrition, which is largely defined not by science but agendas ranging from political and ideological to completely nonsensical.   This controversy however does not exist when you remove such influences from the scenario, there is no confusion in the science.   Any biology or medical biochemistry literature will confirm this simple fact: the human body has no dietary requirement for carbohydrates.   That is a quote I found on line, illustrative of something that comes up all too frequently.  Virtually everyone who is “new” to paleo nutrition has the reaction that “No- carbohydrates are necessary for energy!  We can only hold a small amount in re