VEGA Sustain Electrolytes

(Wendy Peterson) #1

Does anyone here use the VEGA brand of electrolytes? They made a HUGE difference to me going through Keto flu however, after drinking some then testing with Precision Xtra Blood ketones I was .3. Pretty sure this kicked me out as I ate bacon, eggs, 2 fat bombs for breakfast after 40hr fast. Then a small mixed salad with Greek vinaigrette some chicken and tzatziki on it followed by Boursin cheese on one slice of mortadella. So I ate about 5:30pm, had electrolytes at 7:15… :thinking: Any thoughts?

#2

I see a VEGA Sport electrolyte mix, is that it? Looking for the nutritonal info and ingredients…

Ah I found it. The lemon-lime looks harmless enough unless maybe it contains a super high dose of citric acid (which would taste very bitter). It also has Stevia that doesn’t give a bad reaction in most people and I doubt would alter ketosis. The berry flavor has some stuff in it that the lemon-lime doesn’t.

#3

Your testing almost 2 hours after a meal, which might be your peak insulin production window. Did you test before the meal for comparison?

(Wendy Peterson) #4

I tested about 2 or 3 that day, and was 1.0. How long after eating should you test? I usually test about 40 min after…

#5

The standard to see if you’re having a reaction to a specific food would be 30, 60, 120 minutes for glucose. There’s likely a delayed dip in ketones for a regular meal.

If you want to test just the electrolyte mix you could do a glucose and ketone test with just the drink, and no meal or exercise.