Cannot get into Keto

(Allie) #21

I get this too and am not insulin resistant. Racing heart and feeling shaky but with no history of blood sugar or metabolic issues, even when I’ve tried making shakes with a lot of fats mixed in (like 40g EVOO) the result is still the same so it has no place in my life.

#22

Protein shakes are over rated.

#23

If you don’t mind, how are you measuring that? A blood sugar drop? Do milk and cheese products give you the racing heart?

#24

Just knowing my body. It’s a reaction similar to when I overeat white potatoes, rice, sugar, etc., but worse and it takes longer to resolve. Could be an allergy I suppose. Whatever it is, my research in trying to figure out what was wrong showed that many others experienced the same.

I no longer drink milk, but no, it didn’t cause it. A few years ago I had some raw milk and had no remarkable response. No, cheese doesn’t cause my heart to race or my blood glucose to spike. I don’t eat ricotta, so the cheese I eat has no, or minimal whey. I used to make kefir with raw milk. It didn’t give me any remarkable response.

For me, it’s the isolated whey protein that is a problem. Understood that there are many who don’t have the problem, but there are many who do. It’s not a big deal for me. I just don’t use it. I don’t care one way or the other if anyone else uses it.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #25

I use 400mg of magnesium glycinate, it’s the best one for sleep.

I also wonder if @Chevelle454 is getting enough potassium in his diet. Avocado, salmon, cheese, or lite salt is a possible solution.

(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” ) #26

I have a slightly different take. After reading Taubes’s “Why We Get Fat,” I decided to cut the carbs. So I did — no sugar, no starches. Except: I was still allowed a couple of mangoes a day. So I was relatively low carb, compared to my previous diet, but I definitely wasn’t in ketosis. I was also working out on the bike outdoors every day for maybe an hour.

Lost 10 kilos in 10 weeks and I felt great and I was definitely fat adapted, despite the fruit intake. That was summer-fall of 2016. The following summer when I went full keto, I lost maybe 3 kilos. And my takeaway from it is really that ketosis is all very well and good, but if you cut out most of the sugar and starches, you’ll lose a bunch of fat and get healthier and fat adapted without needing to worry about being in ketosis.

If I had to give anyone starting “keto” advice, it would probably be to ease into it. I may have accidentally found a method of avoiding keto flu: keep eating some fruit for a few weeks or months. It worked great for me, anyway.