Some more questions about Keto sorry

(Samster) #1

Should there be carbs in eggs? google says yes but on the product values it says zero.

Are there carbs in salt / pepper or other spices.

How long does it take to get into deep ketosis?

I have felt myself go into ketosis my head has become much clearer and my weight has came down by quite a lot already but think I may have knocked myself back out as last night my head started feeling funny again but I will keep going with it as even though it early stages I could defo feel the benefits as ive had a lot of neurological symptoms over the years from brain fog, to loss of vision , numbness and extreme fatigue to name but a few.

The last couple of days have been great as I felt like a mental clarity I haven’t felt since I was in my teens. I understand the deeper you go into Keto the better you will feel and your body will heal.

thanks

(bulkbiker) #2

Hi
According to my UK McCance and Widdowson food composition tables there are only trace amounts of carbs in plain eggs so I wouldn’t worry about them.
Salt is registered as zero carb and pepper you will have in such small quantities that it’s irrelevant.

If you are registering ketones you are in ketosis.If you want higher numbers then I always found that fasting helps but whether there are benefits from higher ketone numbers is still (so far as I am aware) open for debate.

(Polly) #3

I read somewhere that people tend to ignore the carbs in animal based foods. There are some carbs in liver and some in glycogen stored in muscle meats but I have never found that those sort of carbs trip me up and I simply pretend they aren’t there.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #4

You are very wise to ask, rather than to assume.

Salt is a mineral, and it contains neither protein nor carbohydrate nor fat. Herbs such as pepper, basil, thyme, sage, etc., on the other hand, are dried plants and therefore are carbohydrates, but as Mark suggests, their carb count is so low that most people ignore them.

Milk is the main animal food that contains carbohydrate, primarily in the form of the milk sugars, lactose and galactose. These sugars are also found to some extent in other dairy products. Fermented products, such as cheese and yoghurt don’t have much lactose or galactose, because they’ve been consumed by the bacteria that did the fermenting. Aged cheeses have the least amount, but yoghurt is not bad—as long as the manufacturer has not added any sugar. (Frozen yoghurt is loaded with sugar, so we avoid it on a ketogenic diet.) Heavy cream also has much less of the milk sugars than whole milk has.

The more processed a product is, the more likely the manufacturer is to have added sugar. Scrutinise the list of ingredients carefully before you buy. Natural whole foods (the stuff usually stocked around the periphery of the supermarket) are generally safe, but avoid starchy vegetables and high-sugar fruits.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #5

No need to be sorry about asking a question about keto, that is why the forums are here. I think PaulL and MarkGossage have addressed your issue very well.

I use lots of spices and herbs in my cooking. I lost the weight and am now working on my 4th year of maintenance. They did not seem to be a problem nor the eggs I have consumed and I have comsumed a LOT of eggs since going keto, making up for all the years I foolishly went without them.

All the best on your keto journey.