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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1813416" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Weighing scales that purport to tell you your body fat % do not actually do that. It is an electrical impedance measurement of the body and this is affected by many things, mainly your blood serum electrolyte levels. So it is affected greatly by hydration as stated above, but also by recent salt intake. If you are following LCHF then you may have been advised to increase salt intake in the early days to avoid carb flu, and also be eating different meals with a higher salt intake anyway.</p><p></p><p>Also LCHF in the early days before you get to keto stage will show higher serum cholesterol mainly LDL and VLDL (i.e. fat in transit in the blood) due to the increase in fat intake that is not yet being burnt off by ketosis. This is to be expeccted during LCHF startup until your bgl drops low enough for ketosis, and while the liver is dumping glucose to compensate for the drop in bgl until you get to the sweetspot known as being fat adapted, i.e. actually using fat instead of glucose. This takes a while before LCHF starts to work its real magic by getting to the adipose fat, which what we really need to shift.</p><p></p><p>So scales are not accurate or reliable means of measuring body fat. They are an aproximation at best, and are also fooled by changes in muscle density that may also be occurring at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1813416, member: 196898"] Weighing scales that purport to tell you your body fat % do not actually do that. It is an electrical impedance measurement of the body and this is affected by many things, mainly your blood serum electrolyte levels. So it is affected greatly by hydration as stated above, but also by recent salt intake. If you are following LCHF then you may have been advised to increase salt intake in the early days to avoid carb flu, and also be eating different meals with a higher salt intake anyway. Also LCHF in the early days before you get to keto stage will show higher serum cholesterol mainly LDL and VLDL (i.e. fat in transit in the blood) due to the increase in fat intake that is not yet being burnt off by ketosis. This is to be expeccted during LCHF startup until your bgl drops low enough for ketosis, and while the liver is dumping glucose to compensate for the drop in bgl until you get to the sweetspot known as being fat adapted, i.e. actually using fat instead of glucose. This takes a while before LCHF starts to work its real magic by getting to the adipose fat, which what we really need to shift. So scales are not accurate or reliable means of measuring body fat. They are an aproximation at best, and are also fooled by changes in muscle density that may also be occurring at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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