Those on low carb diet, does your heart rate become fast when your blood glucose is low?
I don't see any reason why that should be so, but am willing to be corrected.I wonder for those that take very little carb to induce ketosis. Before that can happen, the body will be in an alarm state?
Those on low carb diet, does your heart rate become fast when your blood glucose is low?
No, not at all. Low for me as measured is top end of threes or low fours. I don't feel any different at that level compared to when my BG is in the fives. Only thing I have noticed is that going into ketosis (not usually linked for me to a low BG level) makes me sleepy - hardly panic mode.Those on low carb diet, does your heart rate become fast when your blood glucose is low?
Having read the blog again, I find I disagree with some of its info. They state that this problem occurs early at the start of the diet, I am happy with that, but I disagree slightly with their explanation that it is dehydration. In the early stage of the diet, the body starts using up the glycogen fat stores leading to the weight loss. Glycogen is glucose with added water, and releasing glycogen frees up this added water. It is known that the initial weight loss is water weight, similar to most low caloric diets. This excess water is excreted, and as it does, so it flushes out sodium. So IMO it is salt depletion causing the palpitations. It is a warning I give to those starting a LC diet to increase salt intake for the first week or so while the weight is reducing significantly.Thank you for this post. It is very informative blog.
As a T2 neither my body nor heart have any objection to me being in dietary ketosis as I'm including fat for fuel to replace most of the carbs. As far as I'm concerned this fuel combination is how my body is supposed to work, and there's no need for alarm as all the necessary fuel is being provided - just in a slightly different forms.I wonder for those that take very little carb to induce ketosis. Before that can happen, the body will be in an alarm state?
My heart races when dehydrated as the blood thickens and needs more work to be pumped round the body.Having read the blog again, I find I disagree with some of its info. They state that this problem occurs early at the start of the diet, I am happy with that, but I disagree slightly with their explanation that it is dehydration. In the early stage of the diet, the body starts using up the glycogen fat stores leading to the weight loss. Glycogen is glucose with added water, and releasing glycogen frees up this added water. It is known that the initial weight loss is water weight, similar to most low caloric diets. This excess water is excreted, and as it does, so it flushes out sodium. So IMO it is salt depletion causing the palpitations. It is a warning I give to those starting a LC diet to increase salt intake for the first week or so while the weight is reducing significantly.
I am on a water tablet myself, and it too flushes out sodium so I have to add more salt to my Low Salt Diet (sic). My BP med also does this but also at the same time stops excretion of potassium which leads to double trouble. I will soon be forced to take another med to get rid of the potassium, but that med also excretes more sodium,