Thanks for the breakdown. In a recent video Paul was saying low fat high carbs high sugar could actually improve metabolic health, which surprised me.
Maybe I am taking what he said out of context though.
Discussion
Yes, the way I understand it is that it applies to "normies" since for them lowering fat implies lowering seed oils and it may force mitochondria to recycle (autophagy).
I think if you want great health not just a quick hack then simply cutting seed oils entirely together with carbs is better. Reintroducing carbs may be acceptable in some cases but that depends on many factors like the amount, your activity level and your desire to eat them.
Anyway, these all are hypotheses and doing a proper experiment is nightmarishly difficult.
I tend to ask the people around me who are the most fit. The most fit people I know currently all eat sweet potatoes as well as other carbs.
Personal experimentation takes a lot of effort, but it might be the only way.
While I think it's correct to exclude people who are not fit (or visibly in the process of getting fit) when taking advice the assumption that whatever works for someone else will work for you is quite nuanced.
In principle, all other species eat their appropriate diets and there are no species where individuals eat vastly different diet. (e.g. no lions eat plants, no cows hunt for meat) Thus it's very likely it should be true for humans as well. However some differences definitely are present. The most famous example being lactose tolerance.
Thus if you observe that someone eats carbs and feels fine it may be that the person has higher carb tolerance. You may have high tolerance too or not but don't know for sure until you try. Though if you feel amazing and very happy and don't have symptoms of illnes or aging it's very likely you're fine.
Note that I specifically mentioned aging because some symptims that are commonly attributed to aging can be reversed with lifestyle change which suggests they actually aren't symptoms of aging.
Either way, good luck if you ever decide to try it out!
I appreciate the deep thoughts man. Yeah today I had almost no carbs and I feel good. Certainly not a first, but it's a constant journey.