Lentil chips

DJ... said:
The science is sound. Start with Dr Peter Attia's work if you want to have a read through the science of carbs and a very good introduction to this all. http://eatingacademy.com/ Thoes blog posts are pretty fantastic as an intro to the subject...
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I can't navigate a blog to find the science. Are there any articles on Google Scholar?

As I said to a friend who was keen to start a high-fat, high-protein diet, "You are not a polar bear"
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014...rvive-being-a-heart-attack-waiting-to-happen/

Polar bears evolved from brown bears, and had to undergo some extreme changes to survive their new diet of high fat penguins and seals
the modified protein isn't keeping the bear's cholesterol down; the authors note that "Cholesterol levels in blood plasma of polar bears are extreme." Instead, the bear's evolution seems to have reworked the heart to survive these extreme cholesterol levels. Nine of the 16 genes that are changing the most in response to selective pressure are involved in cardiovascular development or maintenance. A few of the rest are involved in forming adipose tissue—presumably to get the bear up to the 50 percent fat figure noted above.
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This evolution happened pretty rapidly (for evolution), and I can't help but think of the parallels between humans who can drink milk, and humans who are lactose intolerant. It's my understanding that carbohydrates are actually an essential part of brain development:
But recent studies of the DNA of preagricultural hunters from Europe reveal that people had extra copies of amylase genes long before they started farming. Dr. Thomas and his colleagues propose that the invention of fire, not farming, gave rise to the need for more amylase. Once early humans started cooking starchy foods, they needed more amylase to unlock the precious supply of glucose.

Mutations that gave people extra amylase helped them survive, and those mutations spread because of natural selection. That glucose, Dr. Thomas and his colleagues argue, provided the fuel for bigger brains.

The fossil record shows a drastic acceleration in the size of hominin brains starting roughly 800,000 years ago. Today our outsize brains use up as much as a quarter of the calories we burn.

Other experts said that Dr. Thomas and his colleagues have marshaled a lot of compelling evidence for the importance of carbohydrates in human evolution.
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Similar article on same study

My personal approach is all things in moderation, especially since:
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 “nutrition is so incredibly complex, and we’ve only scratched the surface.”
 
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