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Sorry to moan on here so much, I am just finding keto so hard. It's now over three weeks since I entered Ketosis on VLC. I still feel absolutely terrible. I am trembling, dizzy, sweating I have vertigo and haven't got enough energy to get up the stairs. It isn't electrolytes, I'm keeping well...

Hi. I've been in ketosis for almost 3 weeks, but am not fat adapting. I am very overweight, and have not lost any weight in these 3weeks. This is because I am eating a lot of fat. Although I haven't come out of ketosis at all, will my body ever fat adapt if I am eating too much fat? Surely if...

Hi. When a person begins to fat adapt, will their need for electrolytes become less urgent? Does the body stop flushing out the electrolytes when you become fat adapted?

Hi. Sorry about all the questions, but I can't find the answer elsewhere on the internet: What happens to our blood sugar reading if we are in ketosis and adjusted to fat burning? Will it simply settle on a level and then stop there, or will the ketones we produce naturally raise blood sugar...

Hi. I am in ketosis, but not yet adapted. I am eating quite a lot of calories of fat, and am not losing weight, ( not that that's my aim ATM.) Will I adapt quicker if I have less calories? If I am always feeding my body even though it's mainly fat, will it ever adjust? Thanks

Hi. I am using a ketone stick that uses urine to measure my ketones. As I understand it, it measures excess ketones in my body. My question is that if I get more keto adapted and get better at using ketones for fuel, will less be excreted, and will my ketones sticks actually show a lower...

Hi. For the last 2 days I have gone completely 0 carbs. Over the last 2 months I have been cutting my carbs drastically, trying paleo and eating little bits of carbs, but because I'm getting such a reaction to any carbs I am having to go completely 0 carbs. My withdrawal symptoms are an...

I'm having a terrible time, with strange symptoms that I'm trying to get to the bottom of. Basically, up to 6 weeks ago I was a normal, stable and happy person. I then cut down on my calories after having been a massive overeater, and since then I have been all over the place emotionally...

This may seem like a silly question, but if the point of a low carb diet is to live off our own fat for energy, why do we eat at all? What benefit is there in it?

I had a completely unexpected panic attack today, I think because of perceived low blood sugar or reactive hypoglycemia. During this attack my blood sugar rose from 5.5 to 6.5. My question is do all panic attacks raise blood sugar, or is this a case of my body trying to raise what it perceives...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but anyway. If a person eats pure sugar, say in the form of a glucose tablet, I understand that it goes quickly into the blood stream. Presumaby the body has to do very little to process it, (although obviously insulin will rise.)...

Hi. Last week I tried Keto. After 3 days I entered ketosis, I could tell by my breath and also I have some test strips. However, that was as far as I could get, the rest was a nightmare in terms of how I felt. How long did it take you all to adjust to keto from when you first started actual ketosis?

I have been tring to cut out carbs from my diet. However, when I do eat carbs, say a bowl of porridge and nuts, I feel very emotional/depressed and start to cry within about 10-15 mins. Carbs seem to release something emotional in me that is dehabilitating. Does anybody know why this may be...

I understand that when you eat carbs, insulin is released and the carbs are converted into glycogen. What happens when I eat fat, then? Is there any insulin response from eating fat, and if not, how does the body get energy from dietary fat?

Hi. Sorry to keep asking questions, but I'm really trying to understand some stuff. When my blood sugar goes below about 5.0, it naturally begins to rise without food. As I understand it, this is a natural function of my body. When the body produces its own glucose it releases stress hormones...

Hi all. I'm trying to get to grips of what's going on in my body and what I need to do. At the moment, I am eating small high-fibre + good fats meals every 4 hours or so. However, I find that especially towards the end of the day, when I eat I get dizzy and almost, (but not quite,) get double...

Hi. Reading through other posts I know that a lot of this has been asked before, but I need reassurance. I'm a male who weighs around 250lbs. I've always overeaten, and recently tried to loose some weight by cutting back on the amount I ate. I was fine for about 2 days, and then suddenly all...