glucose can be burned faster. it is what the brain does best on, and what any sort of vigorous exercise does best on. fat seems to be able to support most of the rest of our energy needs, if need be. we never run out of fat, we have limited ability to store carbohydrate. so the logical reasoning here, is to make sure we get enough carbs each day. we can turn any excess calories into adipose fat tissue, extremely easily - this is how our body works, because we have evolved to store fat as our main future source of energy. if we eat excess carbs, the excess will turn into fat. if we eat excess fat, the excess fat stays as fat. we can get fat from carbs, but not carbs from fat. pretty obvious conclusion on which side of the fence you want to err on - much better to err on the side of too many carbs, than not enough carbs, assuming one is not diabetic, or have similar type problems, which presents an entirely different situation, when the body is no longer able to function as the average healthy body functions.

carbohydrates are not the demon for most people. the typical western diet has failed miserably on providing us with healthy bodies. a group of people decided to lower their carb intake to extreme levels, in some cases. many of them are feeling better, because they also made another INSIGNIFICANT change - they got rid of all the crap food that the western diet eats. somehow they forgot this, and placed all the blame on the little carbohydrate, that can provide tons of energy for them.

the real problem with the western diet is a lot more than the percentage of carbohydrates eaten, although that will be lowered, DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE PROTEIN AND MORE ESSENTIAL FATS.

our western diet is composed of supermarket foods (if you want to call them food - i like the term manufactured foodstuff, to diffentiate from those foods that have evolved for millions of years right along with the planet and the other life forms that the planet maintains).

we need to look at our bodies like we do any other machine. our cars need oil in the oil tank, gas in the gas tank, water in the radiator, break fluid and other fluids in their reservoirs, for one simple reason - that is how the car was designed to run.

no differently with our body. the essential fatty acids actually hook right on to the different amino acids, that come from protein, to do most of our anabolic, or building functions. the brain and muscles during exercise run best on sugar, so at least intake enough sugar for these 2 functions.

you see, i am not giving you some prescribed percentages of the food groups. i am attempting to tell you how the body works, and which of these food groups are important for what, so that we can make sure we have enough of each, so we can perform all of our bodily functions OPTIMALLY.

this is logical reasoning, based upon the physiology of our body, as depicted in medical books, and textbooks, not studies supported by some group with financial motives. everyone can then decide for themselves.