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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 1725929" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>You may find going very low carb too quickly will be tricky as your body adjusts from burning glucose from starchy carbs to living more off fat (your own personal store or the fat that you eat). You may well find you lose lots of weight initially because your body does not need to retain so much water to process carbs but also that you feel a bit off (termed the keto flu). It would be a shame to dive into a radical change then feel as if you've failed because it was too much.</p><p>Very low carb (Dr. Bernstein allows 18g I think) is not generally supported by the mainstream NHS. If you mention keto they may appear alarmed because they associate it with ketoacidosis (where your insulin is inasquate and your blood glucose and ketone bodies are high) which is very dangerous. I would use the term 'nutritional ketosis' which describes the fat burning state mentioned above and where the ketones are 0.5-3.5 rather than sky high with sky high bgs!</p><p>There are some really good suggestions on this thread about how to adapt slowly e.g. start with an easy to swap out meal and keep a close eye on your basal and bolus dosing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 1725929, member: 365308"] You may find going very low carb too quickly will be tricky as your body adjusts from burning glucose from starchy carbs to living more off fat (your own personal store or the fat that you eat). You may well find you lose lots of weight initially because your body does not need to retain so much water to process carbs but also that you feel a bit off (termed the keto flu). It would be a shame to dive into a radical change then feel as if you've failed because it was too much. Very low carb (Dr. Bernstein allows 18g I think) is not generally supported by the mainstream NHS. If you mention keto they may appear alarmed because they associate it with ketoacidosis (where your insulin is inasquate and your blood glucose and ketone bodies are high) which is very dangerous. I would use the term 'nutritional ketosis' which describes the fat burning state mentioned above and where the ketones are 0.5-3.5 rather than sky high with sky high bgs! There are some really good suggestions on this thread about how to adapt slowly e.g. start with an easy to swap out meal and keep a close eye on your basal and bolus dosing. [/QUOTE]
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