By first principle, dose of anything matters. You (proverbial you) get a script for a certain dosage of mg for a medication. If it’s too strong, there’s adverse effects. If it’s too weak, it’s ineffective. By definition, sugar and vegetable oils are drugs. They are extracted from their natural state and highly concentrated for consumption. We get cocaine from coca plant. We get heroin poppy seed plants. We get sugar from beets, sugar cane, etc. We get vegetable oil from canola, sunflower, safflower, etc. By first principle and definition, sugar and vegetable oils are drugs in which dosage matters. You can blame either one for a dearth of adverse metabolic diseases or symptoms.

The body will create sugar even when only meat is consumed. By first principles, why do you imagine that is?

You’re operating on a faulty premise. Does Shawn Baker’s body and a 40 year old obese man with diabetes tolerate sugar the same? What about salty beef? Did the salty beef cause the obese man with diabetes to be that way?

Your body does a very very poor at job at gluconeogenesis from protein. Shawn Baker is saying you don’t need CHO. You can’t equate blood glucose and table sugar. They aren’t the same. You can blame sugar and vegetable oils for almost all health woes for a host of reasons. I’m happy to discuss it further if you’re interested in learning more.

As an example, the “average glucose” posted by Shawn Baker is not the “sugar” you’re referring to. Sucrose is the “sugar” you’re referring to and have a drastically different metabolic effect on your stomach, pancreas, liver, etc than pure glucose.

Another thing I’ll point out is between 12AM and 6AM his BSG jumped 17 pts. I’m assuming here, but it’s likely Baker was sleeping, not eating more steak. Prior to waking, it’s normal for cortisol to bump BSG to aide in waking up. BSG should be a thermostat, not a fuel gauge. Baker is a great example of this. I love his work. But all he’s saying is that CHOs aren’t a necessary part of the diet, but amino acids certainly are. Look at the Inuit.