Consequences of a High-Fat Diet with No Carbohydrates Suppose you had to subsist on a diet of whale blubber and seal blubber, with little or no carbohydrate. (a) What would be the effect of carbohydrate deprivation on the utilization of fats for energy? (b) If your diet were totally devoid of carbohydrate, would it be better to consume odd- or even- numbered fatty acids? Explain.