Maddie wrote: > This is the quote I was referrig to in my next paragraph which starts: > I wonder, among the Inuit, where the more "active" among them got their extra carbs from? > I hope the quote goes through this time, as I am baffled as to why this sometimes happens. I thought this was rhetorical when I first read it so I wasn't going to answer. But if you want my answer, here it is: Humans are wonderfully adaptable. When we live in an environment where we cannot get carbohydrates, our bodies adapt. There is significant individual variation in the need for carbohydrates, and obviously the Inuit have adapted to a diet that has close to zero. We all know there is no such thing as an "essential carbohydrate". I'm not disputing this. But that doesn't mean that carbohydrates serve no useful function in anyone's diet. - Sheryl