What happens to your body when you stop eating plant carbohydrates?
For me, the first thing I noticed was that food stopped shouting at me all day.
The constant cycle of eating, getting hungry again, looking for snacks, and thinking about the next thing to eat became much quieter.
That makes sense when you understand what the body can do.
Your body does not suddenly stop needing glucose.
It simply starts making what it needs.
The liver can make glucose from amino acids, glycerol, and lactate through a process called gluconeogenesis. At the same time, fat stores can release fatty acids for fuel, and the liver can make ketones, another fuel source used by the brain, heart, and muscles.
That is why there is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate.
There are essential fats.
There are essential amino acids.
There is no nutrient called an essential carbohydrate because your body already has a backup plan.
My energy felt more consistent. I could go longer between meals without feeling desperate for food. My cravings changed. Foods that used to call my name from the cupboard lost their grip.
Things I used to think tasted normal started tasting ridiculously sweet.
Whether someone chooses to eat carbohydrates or not is personal.
Isnβt it interesting that the body has an entire system for making glucose?
In 1884, a hospital diet for convalescent children included meat every day.
Beef or mutton came with potatoes at dinner. Bread came with butter or dripping. Milk was served later in the day, and if a doctor thought a child needed more nourishment, they could prescribe mutton chops, chicken, eggs or beef essence. Green vegetables appeared twice a week.
Meat. Eggs. Milk. Butter. Dripping.
Now look at a current NHS hospital breakfast.
One hospitalβs standard adult menu starts the day with a choice of breakfast cereal and toast with a hot drink. Mid morning, you can have biscuits.
Another current NHS menu offers cereal, bread or toast, yoghurt and fruit, with jam, marmalade, honey, butter or sunflower spread.
A recovering patient in 1884 could have extra chops or eggs ordered by the doctor.
A recovering patient in 2026 can start the day with cereal, toast and biscuits.
We have spent more than a century learning about protein, muscle loss, amino acids, wound healing and the importance of maintaining lean tissue during illness, and somehow breakfast became mostly grain.
The Victorian diet was not brilliant. I wouldnβt eat half of it.
But at least they seemed to understand one very basic thing.
When somebody was weak, sick and recovering, you fed them proper food.
After being with my husband since I was 18, Iβve learned men are simple creatures. They just want respect, peace, and yummy food and they will love you unconditionally
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