[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.

[Darnright]

I replied to this statement, “Without glucose, your brain isn’t going to function properly”

Would a neurologist treat a child by inducing dietary ketosis, in which the brain switches to ketones for energy if the child’s “brain isn’t going to function properly”?

Why is the nutrient to which you refer necessary then? Are you saying a low carbohydrate diet is somehow going to cause malfunction of the individual’s brain? Come on.

Ok, so ketogenic diets are effective at different lipid ratios. I’ve learned something. That said, the statement to which I replied is off base. The human brain can metabolize ketones for its energy. Glucose isn’t a necessity.