If you open a medical textbook and look up "Essential Nutrients"—the specific compounds humans must eat to avoid death—you will find a list of Essential Amino Acids (Protein). You will find a list of Essential Fatty Acids (Fat). You will not find a single "Essential Carbohydrate." This controversially contradicts everything we are told about "balanced diets," but the biochemistry is indisputable. While your body uses glucose, it does not need to eat glucose. The Distinction: Requirement vs. Synthesis To survive, the human body has specific hardware requirements. Essential Amino Acids: There are 9 amino acids (like Leucine and Tryptophan) your body cannot make. If you don't eat them, your muscles waste away and you die. Essential Fatty Acids: There are fats (like Omega-3 and Omega-6) your body cannot create. If you don't eat them, your cells fail. Carbohydrates do not make this list. You could theoretically live the rest of your life without e...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.