You don't NEED..............

Our bodies can convert proteins to glucose.

GLUCOSNEOGENOSIS. Essentially your body eats it's own tissue, which is harmful over a long period of time. First to go is the liver, which is mightily important to life.

Not quite accurate:

gluconeogenesis /glu·co·neo·gen·e·sis/ (gloo″ko-ne″o-jen´ĕ-sis) the synthesis of glucose from molecules that are not carbohydrates, such as amino and fatty acids.

Ineed. Fat, carb, protein, it all ends up as acetyl co-enzyme A and enters the Krebs cycle for converting to aedenosine tri-phosphate.

Maybe the OP does not need this stuff...the food that is...But I sure do. I need my carbs to remain sane. Plus not pass out from low blood sugar.

The other stuff, yes, I don't need but is still nice to have around.

We don't need meat, and we don't need carbs. So what are we supposed to eat? Pure lard? No thank you. I like to be healthy.

No meat = protein must come from dairy or say (basically. Nothing else has a high protein/fat ratio). no dairy, so it must come from soy, because we apparently don't need carbs, so all beans are out of the equation. Wait, soy is a bean, so no soy. No veggies either, because carbs are apparently bad for you. No fruit either!

That leaves us with nuts and lard. Is this really all you think someone should eat?

CARBS ARE NOT BAD FOR YOU! Refined carbohydrates are. That includes most forms of wheat, white sugar, etc. Look at the Asians as an exmaple. Most of their diet is rice and tropical fruit. 90% sugary cabohydrates, yet they're obesity levels are negligable, when compared to the USA which eats mostly wheat, corn, and fatty meats.

Here's some other things you don't need:

Internet
A computer
A Facebook page
Tonsils
An appendix
Sex
A car
27942 pictures of yourself in front of a bathroom mirror
Underwear

You don't NEED them, but they're nice to have when you do.

How is any of this relevant to anything, anywhere, ever?

I definitely need iPhone apps. How else would I log all the meat, dairy, carbs, processed food, and fast food I eat over the course of the day?

DON'T ARREST ME HEALTH POLICE! I can't go back to health prison, man! I just got out on probation! Losing more weight and having a great bill of health from my doctor while eating what I want but using portion control would be my third strike!

True. However, a life without chocolate is possible, yet pointless.

Physiologically speaking you do NEED carbs. To fuel your brain, or else it doesn't run properly.

Maybe. Carbs are non essential though. You can live without them.


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if not for some carbs, how do we produce the sugar that makes our brains work?

Uh, yeah, This. Any endocrinologist would take issue with a no-carb diet...that said, no way to not eat meat and not eat carbs and eat any food at all...
OP is probably talking about refined carbs? IDK.

Here's some other things you don't need:

Internet
A computer
A Facebook page
Tonsils
An appendix
Sex
A car
27942 pictures of yourself in front of a bathroom mirror
Underwear

You don't NEED them, but they're nice to have when you do.

How is any of this relevant to anything, anywhere, ever?

I'm not surprised that an esquire like you would be clueless as to the point of the OP.

Thanks for clearing that up. And no matter what anyone says, you in no way came-off as tiny, insecure and suffering from devastatingly low self-esteem. Keep your chin up, Muffin.

Mmmmmmmm...muffins...

Mmmmmmmm...muffins...

I know, right? If it were legal, I would marry muffins.

this yes blueberry

I agree and am amazed at how many people missed it...