> In the past people with diabetes tried to live on a completely carb free diet - but you cannot do that for long.
What is “long?” There are people living years on no carbs at all.
Who is living years without any carbs?
The Inuit, for starters. Oh, and me.
So far as I can tell, Inuit get about 15–20% of their calories from carbohydrates, because of all the glycogen from the raw meat they consume.
But I am only looking at summaries outside a bunch of paywalls, so I can't confirm the quotes on the wikipedia page.