Albert Elrod’s Reviews > Citadel of Smoke > Status Update

Yeah. No. Reducing carbohydrate intake doesn't help you lose fat, and build muscle. Muscles need protein (and consistent progressive overload) to grow, and they need carbohydrates as fuel. All cutting carbs will do is reduce water weight short term. All you need to do to lose fat is cut overall calorie intake. This book is so full of woo. It's hurting my brain.

Character with a severely compromised immune system eats "probiotic gloop"? Does the author not realize that this could be deadly? That said, it was "uv sterilized". I suppose that would destroy the probiotics anyhow. I feel like the author just uses pop science terms without really understanding them. It wouldn't frustrate me if I didn't like the series so well.