Good morning.
Thank you for all the inspiration on this site. I’m only on day 8 but finding it fairly okay to follow. I am experiencing a feeling of jitteriness and slightly shaky. this morning 10 ish I’ve eaten 2 baby bels and some walnuts so its not hunger. Any ideas? is this a normal response to ketosis?
Thank you in advance.
Pat
Make sure you’re getting enough salt. The water retention caused by the consumption of carbohydrate causes the body to hang onto its sodium; when you switch to a ketogenic diet, both the water and the sodium are excreted at a much higher rate than before, so you need to make a point of increasing your salt intake and making sure to drink to thirst. Dr. Phinney recommends home-made bone broth as a way of taking care of both needs, but he also says that a store-bought stock cube in a cup of hot water will do just as well.
I like to eat a pinch of salt when I start feeling lit that. Some drink a bit of pickle juice. 
I also take a magnesium supplement because later on I started having some leg cramps. It made things better for me. I take that mag at night and it helps me to fall asleep.
Hi, Pat! Yes, can not re-iterate what the folks above have said! Put salt (pink himalayan or sea salt) under your tongue every few hours and let it dissolve. Follow it with about 8 ounces of water. Then also make sure you are drinking PLENTY of water throughout the day. I’ve found that I need to consume no less than 80 ounces.
Also, it would be wise to start supplementing your other essential minerals, magnesium and potassium. I use an electrolyte supplement called 40,000 volts, take a multi-vitamin, a potassium supplement, and natural calm drink mix before bed.
I’m sure there are others that I may add into the mix, but I’m only in week 7 and just figuring out the right mix.
Absolutely right. I had the same issue, checked my BP & found it running near 150/90 too, so leaning into conventional advice, I DIDN’T take salt. The next day I had so much more hunger in the a.m. that I didn’t even make it through my planned 42 hr fast and stopped at 36, despite the fact that I’ve fairly easily done 3-5 day fasts before. At my next session I asked my IDM coach for advice, and she suggested it was the lack of salt. The following day, I took her advice and was fine. BP back in normal range, no jitters. Salt is magic. So much of what “conventional medicine” has told us is wrong. For the science, listen to 2KD podcast w/ Dr James DiNicolantonio https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2-keto-dudes/id1086736152?mt=2&i=1000386706209
And KCKO! 
I literally have a bottle of the powdered chicken bouillon at my desk at work. I go grab a cup, fill it with hot water from the coffee pot tap, and then sprinkle some it. I drink it in the mornings a lot and as odd as it sounds to drink chicken broth, it tastes great! A nice savory hot beverage that gets you lots of electrolytes!
Hi Wendy I’m definitely going to try the salt. Ironically when I used to eat chips and roast potatoes my daughters used to say I used too much salt. It makes sense that I might be missing it.
Thank you
Pat
Hi Victoria
Yes so much of what we’ve been told now seems to be untrue.
I tried explaining ketogenic to my daughters who, after all I brought up with the low fat calories in calories out beliefs but they aren’t interested and I think they’re actually worried about my health -kidneys and protein were mentioned. I’ve decided to let them see the results for themselves. I’m happy to be the guineapig if it will lead to a longer healthier life. Then they will start believing especially if they see how much more active I am.
Thanks for replying
Pat
Not only do we excrete more salt once we embark on a ketogenic diet, but it is beginning to look, from some recent research, that we actually need a lot more sodium than the government guidelines recommend. Apparently the original research linking salt to high blood pressure is as valid as the research linking saturated fat to heart disease. Why am I not surprised . . . ? 