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Message: <blockquote data-quote="meddiabetic" data-source="post: 2717635" data-attributes="member: 590285">Hi All, I have a few questions based on my observations the past 3 weeks about my ED I am hoping someone can provide opinions on my observations and assumptions.Just going back a little, since I found my blood glucose on June 25th about 5 weeks ago to be high I have been on Keto diet almost no carbs / low carbs.So when I was on Keto (no carbs) for 8 days I ate spicy chicken wings and my erections went away the next day (July 4th), then after 10 days (July 14th) it came back. In the mean time I had my blood and urine test results come back on July 11th (HB AC1 is 6.4% on their scale its diabetic so I'm diabetic. Cholesterol (5.58 mmol) is high and HDL is low(0.67 mmol), while LDL (4.41 mmol) and non-HDL are high (4.91 mmol). Also, Alanine aminotranferase (ALT) 81 u/l, uric acid and ketones are high).I was ok for next 7 days (until Jul 21st) eating mostly eating green vegetables, Tofu and Salmon but on July 21st Sunday I ate Basil chicken at a Vietnamese restaurant and the next day my erections were weak (reduced 30-40% and couldn't maintain for long), then the next day (July22nd) had more of a concentrated lime juice about 1 cup and erections were gone completely for next 5 days.On July 27th (Saturday 6 days later) my erection was normal, and I thought the erections being impacted is when I ate highly acidic food adding to the acidic Ph of me being on Keto diet (maybe was in Diabetic Ketoacidosis .. my blood work had high uric acid) so I tried to introduce some carbs and after introducing carbs got very gassy for next 2-3 days but erection was good.On July 30th (Tue) in the night I took 5 Tums antacid tablets and drank 1 bottle of Diabetic Boost drink (something like Glucerna, Ensure) and lost my erections next day. I didn't realise before drinking the diabetic drink had artificial sugars (sugar alcohols and is acidic). It's 5 days and my erections is not there.My observations is I was on keto as a Diabetic and every time I ate/drank something more acidic I lost my erections. Is it the acidic food on top of keto (acidic ph) is damaging my nerves or is something else happening that's causing this. I plan to eat more carbs with more alkaline foods to balance my Ph.I appreciate it.</blockquote>

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