I’ve never been a big practitioner of turning comment replies in previous posts into full blog article discussion, but lately I’ve felt the “bug” to do so. This started with the Finer Points of Nutrition, and it continues today. Hopefully I can keep things concise and to the point, unlike self-generated posts that turn into 8,000 word extended essays that seemingly try to debunk gravity =).

Reader Jeff says…

Either way, I personally thrive on natural carbohydrate.

Actually, I’m pretty sure there isn’t a single human being on the planet that thrives off of carbohydrate instead of fat as their primary source of calories. Survive? Sure, couple billion people actually. But thriving and surviving are two very different concepts.

For example, I could probably survive off of enough insects in a starvation situation, but thrive? Doubtfully. Eating two thousand and something calories a day of roaches and worms would be a horrendous task given my cultural and “culinary” history, assuming I could even find that amount to…