Krusty wrote:

> "Dana Carpender" > wrote
>
>>If the body can make it, it is considered inessential. That's the
>>definition. Carbohydrate is inessential.
>
>
> The body can make protein. By your logic. Protein is "inessential".
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>

Not my logic. Basic nutrition. The body cannot make all the proteins
it needs without protein from foods. Protein is therefore essential.

OTOH, the body can make the the glucose it needs. Carbs are therefore
inessential.

Of course, we have one example of a population who lived virtually carb
free for much of the year, the Inuit. Want to tell them that carbs were
essential?

Dana