Can AI tools make meal plans that help us lose weight the right way? In a new study, a team of researchers compared AI’s meal planning abilities to those of a dietician. The results showed that AI-made meal plans – when compared to dietician plans – severely undercalculated the needed amount of calories and macronutrients like carbs and overemphasized other macronutrients like proteins and lipids. The team cautioned that teens should not solely rely on AI to make meal plans for weight loss, saying that the consistent deviation of five different AI models from nutritional guidelines recommended by health organizations could have negative effects on growing bodies.
What’s the needed amount of carbs? Proteins and fats are essential nutrients. Carbohydrates are not.
You don’t actually have to “hand it” to the BS machine
Carbohydrates are required to break down proteins and fats. They’re very much an essential nutrient, just not in the quantities the old food pyramid would have you believe.
If carbs weren’t essential, a pure protein and fat diet wouldn’t outright kill you from kidney failure.
You’re confidently incorrect. You don’t need to eat carbohydrates to break down fat and protein, and a diet consisting of healthy proteins and fat has not been proven to cause kidney failure.
Your body can synthesize all the carbohydrates it needs through gluconeogenesis. There are no “essential carbs” the way there are essential fatty acids and amino acids. You can absolutely live on a diet of just fats and protein - and plenty of people do. The Inuit mostly did, and so do folks on carnivore diets today.
It might not be the healthiest long-term option, but it won’t kill you from a lack of carbs. You’re probably thinking of “rabbit starvation” which happens when you eat too much protein and not enough fat.