on carbohydrates

There are a few things that ALL camps can agree on:

• carbohydrate foods, even the most "complex," cause a rise in blood glucose;
• a rise in blood glucose triggers secretion of insulin in people with a functioning pancreas;
• until blood levels of insulin lower again, your body will not release stored fat to be burned as fuel.

 There are a few things that will be argued, no matter how clear the science is:

• the properly-functioning human body has no need of exogenous carbohydrate, unlike fats and amino acids -- it can make all the glucose it needs, from dietary proteins and fats, and from stored proteins and fats;
• frequent small carbohydrate-based meals cause insulin to be constantly elevated, thereby inhibiting the burning of stored fat;
• hyperglycemia and/or hyperinsulinemia, which cannot happen in an otherwise healthy individual without high carbohydrate intake, are responsible for a wide variety of deleterious effects in all kinds of tissues;
• although insulin's actions in the brain include a satiating signal, in the rest of the body it promotes fat storage;
• all of the "good" qualities of insulin can be invoked through protein ingestion, which causes a small rise of the hormone compared to carbohydrate consumption;
• carbohydrate consumption promotes appetite through numerous pathways, including opioid receptors, gut signalling, and insulin-induced hypoglycemia;
• the body does not require fiber for intestinal health;
• certain types of carbohydrate promote intestinal woes such as bloating, gas, gut permeability, candida overgrowth, and more.

Conclusions i draw from the above, driving me to prefer a very-low-carb diet:

• as my body doesn't require them, and i get more pleasure out of eating meat*, i'll stick with the latter;
• those that make my joints stiff and achy, and my gut "unhappy," i'll actively avoid;
• fatty meat is the most efficient food for promoting satiation and satiety;
• fatty meat is the most efficient food for weight loss;
• fatty meat requires minimal fuss to procure and prepare;
• as i feel my best on a very-low-carb diet -- no brain-fog, better energy and agility, reduced pain and allergies, good sleep -- i see NO reason to override my instincts and kowtow to "conventional wisdom."

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*  much carbohydrate-eating seems to be pleasure-based.  not being anti-hedonistic, i have no problem with that -- i just prefer home-made, high-fat, sugar-free ice cream over conventional sweets, sashimi over tempura, nuts over chips, wine over cola, ad infinitum.