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At least for me, the game-changer was realizing I could (with the help of AI) write a detailed plan up front for exactly what the code would be, and then have the AI implement it in incremental steps.
Gave me way more control/understanding over what the AI would do, and the ability to iterate on it before actually implementing.
Looking at the actual paper the Examine article is based on (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/26731...), you can see that the so-called low-carb diet still included 30% of calories from carbohydrates. That's way more than most low-carb diets, including those promoted by Gary Taubes. The main benefits of low-carb diets come from switching into ketosis.
Also, 30% of calories from carbs (on the so-called low-carb diet) is not really low-carb. As mentioned in another comment, for a 2,000 calorie diet, that's 600 calories from carbs! Most low-carb diets aim way lower than that because they aim at reaching a state of ketosis, where your body is essentially burning fat instead of sugar for energy. This might be something like 20-50 grams per day, depending on a lot of factors like specific carbs consumed, etc. This is the stage where a lot of the health benefits including increased energy, no afternoon crash, weight loss, etc. come in.
I realized recently that I was getting fat (4 inches of waist size increase in just a couple years), so for the past couple months, I've tried restricting my calories. At first, I tried cutting out things that are just ridiculous like beer and bread. In the past week or so, I've gotten more 'restrictive' and have been trying to eat almost exclusively meat. I'm not counting calories or anything like that, I just eat until I'm full and then I stop. I have lost 20 lbs in the past two months, and I feel much better overall. I have way more energy than I did before and I fart a lot less.
I can understand if it sounds extreme, but look at the standard American diet. Since the food pyramid was introduced, with a base of grains, people have gotten nothing but fatter, more diabetic, more heart attacks and stokes, etc. While there are essential fats and proteins, there are NO essential carbohydrates. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay on this diet forever, but it doesn't seem like the mainstream diet is very healthy, so I'm going to listen to what my body tells me and use reason to try to get out of this mess.