Allergic to avocado!

(Dionysios Chris) #1

Hello there, I 've been into Keto for a month, I struggled big time as I am allergic to avocado (I live in |Greece).
I had keto flu symptoms due to lack of potassium. I try to eat a lot of Broccoli, but it seems it is not enough.
What can I eat to get enough potassium?
Thank you so much fellow Keto brothers and sisters :slight_smile:

(Allie) #2

Can you get Lite-salt where you are?

I have an unflavoured electrolyte powder I add to water to drink.

(Bob M) #3

Try also salt.

(Edith) #4

How do you know it was from lack of potassium? It’s usually low salt that causes the keto flu. Sodium helps keep potassium in balance. As @ctviggen mentioned, you should try upping your salt intake first.

(Robin) #5

Avacado is not necessary, just a keto friendly food many love. I take potassium and magnesium supplements.

(Laurie) #6

Meat, fish, seafood, dairy, and leafy greens also contain potassium. If you’re eating these and still not getting enough, consider a supplement (pills) or a salt substitute (potassium chloride).

I don’t eat plant foods, nor do I try to get more potassium. Why do you think you’re not getting enough potassium?

(Joey) #7

@Dionysios_Chris Welcome to the forum!

Keto flu is primarily a salt thing… not specifically a potassium deficiency.

FWIW, a good source of natural potassium: apples. Of course, too much fruit - even high fiber sources like raw apples - is not a terribly low-carb (low sugar) approach to getting potassium - especially as you’re trying to get yourself “fat-adapted.”

Most sea salt has a good bit of potassium. I’d focus there instead if you’re still convinced you’re deficient in K. Again, hard to imagine a specific potassium deficiency arising within a matter of weeks like you suspect.

Dr DiNicolantonio’s book “The Salt Fix” has some coverage of potassium (although his primary research/focus is on NaCl) that might be of interest.

Stay hydrated and keep your overall electrolyte levels up and you’re likely be feeling 110% soon enough.

Best wishes.

#8

Like VirginiaEdie said, how do you know this?

Ketu flu can come from SO many issues ya know in a way but if you feel Potass is low (but don’t know thru any testing) you can easily supp with a Potass supp which is super simple.

Not sure how long you are ketu ya know but most times alot of ‘adaption’ kicks in also as we heal/change/hormones balance’ and more and alot of things is ‘adaption’ so…

sending you best wishes, you are on a good keto path for improvement to your health tho!!

So you know thru testing that you are allergic to avacado but that is a very small part of your keto menu obviously, so many Potass. rich foods you can have, maybe of course if you do well on them…

#9

You’d have to eat about 10 servings of Broccoli to get your RDA of potassium, also, most of the keto flu symptoms are sodium not potassium. Potassium is usually weird heartbeats, magnesium is usually cramping. Just get a lite salt / salt replacement. They’re always potassium.

(Juanita Rice) #10

In my opinion avocados are overrated. One avocado has 17.5 grams of total carbs. If you count total carbs as I do and you are doing 20gm carbs daily, that is a lot of carbs. I tried avocados when I first started keto because I heard they were a good food for keto but, I didn’t like the taste and I didn’t want to use that many carbs for something I didn’t like anyway.

(Bob M) #11

I personally rarely eat avocados, though I will eat guacamole sometimes. If I had to guess what the “keto flu” is (I never had this and couldn’t remember anyway, since it’s been too long), I’d guess, in order from most probable to least:

  1. Salt
  2. Magnesium
  3. Potassium
  4. ?

Or at least that’s how I usually order my own eating/taking supplements.