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Bit more lchf onfo

vxrich

vxrich

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Hi I've been on a lchf diet for a few weeks now and would be interested to know how many carbs is regarded as low carb. I've gone from around 150g a day to around 30-40g and have obviously seen a huge drop in insulin intake and also lost quite a bit of weight which now seems to have slowed down.
One thing I'm trying to get my head around is if I have a day where I take in more carbs than normal say due to sugars going low does that mean my body comes out of being in ketosis?

Cheers

Rich
 
vxrich said:
Hi I've been on a lchf diet for a few weeks now and would be interested to know how many carbs is regarded as low carb. I've gone from around 150g a day to around 30-40g and have obviously seen a huge drop in insulin intake and also lost quite a bit of weight which now seems to have slowed down.
One thing I'm trying to get my head around is if I have a day where I take in more carbs than normal say due to sugars going low does that mean my body comes out of being in ketosis?

Cheers

Rich
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Well done for reducing your carbs to 30-40g! I'm on about 50g and will only go lower if my weight loss plateaus. I'm not intending to enter ketosis unless I really have to. My BGs are really good on 50g a day.

I can't answer your question but I'm sure others will be able to.
 
vxrich said:
Hi I've been on a lchf diet for a few weeks now and would be interested to know how many carbs is regarded as low carb. I've gone from around 150g a day to around 30-40g and have obviously seen a huge drop in insulin intake and also lost quite a bit of weight which now seems to have slowed down.
One thing I'm trying to get my head around is if I have a day where I take in more carbs than normal say due to sugars going low does that mean my body comes out of being in ketosis?

Cheers

Rich
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Hi Rich,

Phinney and Volek the LCHF authorities say it does, but my experience is that it only does for a day if you go straight back to low carb. I check with a Ketonix breath ketones meter, and that's what it tells me.
 
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