Sweet taste in mouth still

#1

I think I’ve asked this before, ether here or on Reddit.

Everyone starts sitting about ketoacidosis or diabetes. But I really feel like I can rule that out.

I get a sweet taste when I am in deep ketosis, like of I am doing OMAD for a free days, exercising and rapidly losing weight. It’s not all the time, it is only when I’ve not eaten or drunk for a while, and I haven’t moved my mouth for about an hour. For example when I’m busy at work and I’ve not spoken to anyone. I will move my mouth or swallow, and I get a subtle sweet taste. It’s like I had a bit of sweetener that suddenly released from the side of my mouth.
Certainly not a sugary sweetness, more like an artificial sweetener taste.
And this might happen once a day.

My wife also has it after being on keto for a month.

Ketoacidosis is very very rare, and I have read the information about it. On the NHS website a sweet taste is not even considered one of the symptoms, only fruity smelling breath. I do not have any of the other symptoms. I am not type 2 diabetic, not tired, sleepy, sick, peeing more, no confusion, thirst,etc.
I have been to my Dr and everything is fine. He just said it could be phantom or due to using sweeteners.
But now my wife has it as well, and I’ve stopped using sweeteners, including gum.

My blood glucose was 7.8mmol on average 6 months ago, and now it is 4.5-5.5mmol. the medical websites say that to diagnose ketoacidosis blood glucose would be over 11mmol.
I do not have any keto-meter type equipment.

And the chances of my wife and I both having it is too slim.
Plus I’ve have it for 4 months.
So if like to rule that out totally.

Mr Dr doesn’t even know.
Any ideas?

(Allie) #2

So do I, even after more than seven years.
Forget it, it’s a non issue.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #3

It’s probably a bit of acetone that you are exhaling.

There are three ketone bodies manufactured from fatty acids in the liver: acetoacetate, acetone, and β-hydroxybutyrate. The first two are actual ketones, in the strict chemical sense; the last is not, strictly speaking, a ketone, hence the term “ketone bodies.”

The diagnostic for diabetic ketoacidosis is serum β-hydroxybutyrate of 10.0 mmol/dL or above, in combination with a certain level of serum glucose. If you pancreas is producing any insulin at all, diabetic ketoacidosis is not a concern.

Euglycaemic ketoacidosis is similar, but without the elevated glucose. (It is seen only in patients who take certain drugs, or in ketogenic women who try to fast during pregnancy or lactation.)

#4

Thank you.
3 times I’ve asked this question on Reddit and everyone just starts saying I need to go to a Dr, and if I have already, then I need a better Dr.

#5

Thanks Paul.
That really eases my mind

#6

agree with all the above :slight_smile:
non-issue like mentioned.