Upper Stomach Pain on Keto

(Ron) #21

Please explain how this could happen?:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

(Steve) #22

One more guy here healing his fatty liver on keto. The important thing is to make sure youā€™re getting enough healthy greens, so you keep your liver cleaned out. Then the inflammation should be reduced and you shouldnā€™t have any abdominal pain. (your abdomen contains your stomachā€¦need to be precise with where the discomfort is). Avoid deep fried foods (they inflame the hell out of my liver). Try to have healthy greens every day (I have a big salad - 3-4 cups - almost every day).

+1 for doing 1T ACV in about 500ml/1 pint of water - me, I throw in a big ice ice cube and 1tsp each of lemon & lime juice - makes it taste better, a little vitamin C and a little more acid to help with your stomachā€™s acidity level.
I actually do that before each meal - if Iā€™m doing OMAD, Iā€™ll usually have an additional one several hours after my meal as well.

(Karen) #23

Thanksā€¦I will try the acv. My husband has been recommending that but the taste is not so great. I usually feel nauseous with a pain generally on the left side. I thought it was odd that it went away and then returned.

(Karen) #24

Well maybe that is an ignorant statementā€¦haha it is just that the pain after eating a fatty meal is worrying and if it is a liver issue that indicates something is wrong to me.

(Ron) #25

I took digestive enzymes also to help in the beginning but as the body got rid of the old gut biome ( that was built to digest glucose) and replaced it with new biome that was more capable to handle the new fatter menu, I was able to stop taking it. I also took oxbile to give the body something to start the rebuild process with but only for a couple weeks. I still take a quality probiotic to feed the bacteria in that biome but will quit when the bottle runs out. (probably end of month). Everything has settled down and is working as it should now after this 3 month adjustment regime. Hope this helps. :wink:

Pain on your left side is pancreas that breaks down fats and it will get :smile:better.
oh- standard disclaimer -Iā€™m not a doctor. Just went thru what you are.

(Karen) #26

Thanks! this was very helpfulā€¦I have purchased acv pills and the digestive enzymes - we will see how it goes! :grinning:
Interesting note about the pancreasā€¦never thought of that!

#27

You can try HC1, it is in capsule form and doesnā€™t taste gross like ACV.

(Karen) #28

Thanks!

(Mario Perez) #29

Hello Keigan,

I am having the exact same pain in the area just below the sternum and just below the left rib cage. I am keto for a very long time now, but I have been incorporating an intermittent fasting window of 20/4 or 18/6 alongside keto. I feel great and bloodwork looks good, but this pain has been scaring me because honestly itā€™s really close to the heart and some times itā€™s slightly sharp, not too strong, but just a dull sharp pain. It comes and goes, but it seems to only happen at work. I work nights and sit a lot at work, and it always come to me around midnight, like clockwork. Does this sound familiar at all? I drink coffe and tea at work, and take enzymes, probiotics, and other autophagy enhancing supplements in my fasted state.

#30

Mario,

Mine was not time oriented. I know a part of my symptoms were caused by chronic stress, potentially breaking down protective lawyers and possibly causing scar tissue internally.

Since that post iā€™ve Come up in weight by design as my living situation has improved, some stress reduced. My pain returns with alcohol consumption.

Iā€™m initiating my next fast to reset the body again, iā€™ll Keep you posted.

As always, seek a professional opinion if the pain is chronic.

(Samantha ) #31

Hi,

Just an updateā€¦I was diagnosed with fatty liver and also recently found I have reactive EBV which is the dormant Mono virus that reactivates in times of high stress. This causes my spleen to enlarge which then agitated my already larger fatty liver causing the pain. I also get stomach bloat when I eat things non-keto that cause inflammation of the liver, stomach and spleen which also causes the pain.

I am on a large amount of supplements along with getting nutritional IVs and gluthione IVs to help my liver detox and because I have a severe intestinal permeability.

My advice is to cut all caffeine since this irritates my issues greatly! I do not drink anything other than water now. I also cut all dairy, corn and soy from my diet because of the inflammatory properties and allergies. I also rarely have any kind of sugar substitute and when I do, it is monk fruit.
The only way the pain seems to go away long term is eating really clean keto and cut out all caffeine.

(Jane Dauwer Dabrieo) #32

if you add more water it isnā€™t so bad, adding lemon, lime or electrolytes can help the taste.

#33

Following thread
This is interesting and I appreciate all the comments. Seven plus weeks in and I am having some slight pain (hmm, not pain, more of a thick feeling or general ache) in my right side and sometimes back. At first I thought it was just from issues with mousing at work and how I sit (and it well may be that), but this helps me consider other possibilities.

(Starfox Rose) #34

This also interests me.
Today I started with a horrible feeling in the upper tummy region. Iā€™ve had ACV and decaff coffeeā€¦ I may have to consider giving up coffeeā€¦ ACV has helped a ton which makes me think gaul stones, my mum had them too for a number of years. After about an hour I felt an odd sensation, like something moved, and the pain has gone. Iā€™m pretty sure my body is now moving bad things out of my body. Iā€™m only 8 weeks into the keto project. Letā€™s see how this pans out!

(Linda) #35

I just wanted to pop in and say that the pain just below my sternum that I and the GI dude were trying to subdue with a metric craptonne of acid reducers for the last three years eventually turned out to be my gallbladder sending up flares which sent me to the ER to finally get properly diagnosed. Donā€™t rule it out.

(Tamela Robinette) #36

I feared my pain was my gallbladder but due to this thread I went out and bought some ACV tablets, which I take with every meal and the pain is gone!

#37

I was just looking into this again and wondered if the ACV pills were better or less useful than liquid? I have some Bragg ACV I started taking once a day a few days ago and it seems to be helping, but it is not the easiest thing in the world to get down (and I generally love vinegar so I deal).

I also think my fiber is too low, but that may or may not be related to the on and off again right side pressure.

(Tamela Robinette) #38

Itā€™s my understanding the Braggā€™s is pretty healthy due to the natural probiotics, however, I just canā€™t force it down. Easier for me to just pop 2 tablets prior to eating. That being said, the tablets completely eliminated the pain I was having when I first went full on keto.

(Rebecca Riehle) #39

I see a naturopath who, through MFT, determined my pain was coming from my liver. The interesting thing is that fat seems to calm the discomfort. A warm cup of fatty tea or coffee helps and SO. MUCH. WATERRR!
That being said, itā€™s not necessarily what ā€˜YOURā€™ issue is, itā€™s simply whatā€™s helping mine. I believe it is getting better - itā€™s likely the flushing of my liver fats after so many years of abusing my body.
PS. My family Dr was no help, pointed to gallbladder issues and it wasnā€™t until I had a CT scan for pancreatitis that it was ruled out.