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Well, not necessarily carbs, but insulin. You can get an insulin boost by gorging on steak too. And I believe that periodically raised insulin is indeed healthy - if not for muscle growth, then for sodium retention by the kidneys. But that does not mean you carbs in your diet. Carnivore with big, less frequent meals seems to be optimal, species-specific way of eating for human. You eat meat, get out of ketosis for a while and then you're back again.

As an aside, have a look at this paper about human trophic level: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.24247

Sounds like something that might interest you.

name 9mo ago

That's not how insulin works at all.

Insulin is a hormone that your body uses to transfer glucose from your blood into your muscles for energy.

You get glucose (sugar) in your blood from eating foods that contain sugars or carbohydrates (which break down into sugars when you eat them)

Insulin response in normal healthy people depends on blood sugar levels.

Ketosis is the opposite effect that you get from not eating sugars for an extended period and your body burns fats and lipids instead of sugars for its primary energy source.

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rafftyl 9mo ago

Let me convince you otherwise with facts and logic, lol.

Facilitating glucose transport one of insulin's responsibilities in the body. But it's a kind of "macro hormone", doubling also as a general growth factor (stimulating protein sythesis) and electrolyte metabolism regulator (among others). Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525983/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00252649

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4198400/

Dietary amino acids influence insulin secretion, so you can get an insulin elevation from a large enough bolus of protein in one meal. Source:

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814/phy2.15577

Ketosis is insulin-dependent, not glucose-dependent (well, it's more complex that that, but oh well). That's why type 1 diabetics can get into ketosis (and even ketoacidosis) even while eating carbs.