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hi there
i started yesterday, and today feel a bit woozy, and rubbish overall... however my bg levels have only peaked at 8.4, and falling to 6 ish. i need to lose weight, and have done atkins before i was diagnosed... anyone any advice, have i maybe gone too low carb?
 
Think it happens to a lot of us, it happened to me and lasted weeks, just a personal thing, it only takes others a few days to adjust.

It's called low carb flu, think there may be articles on it to help you. It's disconcerting, I know, but I would say to stick with it if you can, it will pass, and the benefits are worth it. Good Luck. xx
 
Have some extra water and also salt you might also need some extra magnesium.
 
Drinking plenty of water is certainly an essential part of LCHF. Thankfully I didn't have 'low-carb flu' when I started full-on, but everyone's different and many reduce carbs more gradually.
 
are you on insulin or a med that induces Hypos? if not there isn't much chance of it as your body stabilises any low under about 3.5 BG by dumping sugar
 
yes, watch out for hypo's then, carry some glucose just incase, you may find you can drop the gliclazide as your Bg comes down
 
well today is better. still a bit rough, but on the other side now.... however... was feeling so bd by evening, i forgot to take meds with dinner..... tested 3 hours later... and was only 7.8........ wow... i m back taking them again.... but a sign of things to come!
 
Dehydration is very easy on low carb, so drink plenty. I got really bad stomach pain, and all I needed was to drink more water (which thankfully alleviated symptoms immediately). Having a bit more salt is also a good idea. I and many others got a lot of leg cramp before realising this.
 
Charles Robin said:
Dehydration is very easy on low carb, so drink plenty. I got really bad stomach pain, and all I needed was to drink more water (which thankfully alleviated symptoms immediately). Having a bit more salt is also a good idea. I and many others got a lot of leg cramp before realising this.
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I have only recently realised that there is sodium in bottled water. In fact there is sodium in so many things we eat. I am on a low salt diet for kidney disease so don't forget that too much sodium is not good for kidneys.
 
SJC said:
I have only recently realised that there is sodium in bottled water. In fact there is sodium in so many things we eat. I am on a low salt diet for kidney disease so don't forget that too much sodium is not good for kidneys.
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Depends on the water - it always pays to read the analysis label. If there isn't one don't buy it.
 
sanguine said:
Depends on the water - it always pays to read the analysis label. If there isn't one don't buy it.
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I wondered if sodium is always present in bottled water but sometimes they just don't bother putting it on the label. Why would there be sodium in some bottled water and not others?
 
SJC said:
I wondered if sodium is always present in bottled water but sometimes they just don't bother putting it on the label. Why would there be sodium in some bottled water and not others?
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If it's natural, it depends on the source of the water, specifically what rocks it comes from. Mostly the mineral content will be calcium and bicarbonate with some magnesium and variable amounts of sulphate (watch out for that last one, you may find yourself drinking diluted Epsom Salts). Sodium and potassium will almost always be there in small concentrations. In some cases bottled water is virtually manufactured from scratch - the source water is purified and minerals are then added back in synthetically.

Some bottled waters are sold as 'mineral waters'. These can include concentrations of some minerals in excess of 'normal' drinking water concentrations. Think mineral spa waters.

(PS the first bit of the above applies equally to tap water derived from groundwater).
 
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sanguine said:
If it's natural, it depends on the source of the water, specifically what rocks it comes from. Mostly the mineral content will be calcium and bicarbonate with some magnesium and variable amounts of sulphate (watch out for that last one, you may find yourself drinking diluted Epsom Salts). Sodium and potassium will almost always be there in small concentrations. In some cases bottled water is virtually manufactured from scratch - the source water is purified and minerals are then added back in synthetically.

Some bottled waters are sold as 'mineral waters'. These can include concentrations of some minerals in excess of 'normal' drinking water concentrations. Think mineral spa waters.
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To be honest right from being a kid, I have never liked drinking water. I just have a bottle now and again on a hot day and that's just to increase my fluids generally.
 
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