[Darnright]

>Without glucose, your brain isn’t going to function properly nor will you have the glycogen stores necessary for demanding physical activity. So, yes, you need to eat carbs for energy.<

IF your statement were true, why then do neurologists treat epilepsy in children with a ketogenic diet, which almost totally eliminates carbohydrate in the patient’s diet and produces the metabolic state of dietary ketosis?

http://www.dana.org/grants/imaging/detail.aspx?id=6976

Research is being done on restricting the growth of certain brain tumors by inducing the metabolic state of dietary ketosis.

http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/2/1/30

[aruanan]

IF your statement were true, why then do neurologists treat epilepsy in children with a ketogenic diet, which almost totally eliminates carbohydrate in the patient’s diet and produces the metabolic state of dietary ketosis?

Ha ha ha. Come on. You can't use the treatment given to a pathological condition to argue against the necessity of a nutrient in a non-pathological state. Furthermore, the ketogenic diet doesn't "almost totally" eliminate carbodhydrates. The ratio has been 4:1, lipid:non-lipid. Recent studies have shown that a 2.5:1 diet is probably just as effective and has reduced side effects.