Low Carb, Low Potassium Diet?

[lucylocket61]

Don't get that. My doctor says that nuts are fine as they are low carb and high protein. He's also said that eggs and bacon are fine in moderation as long as you don't eat the cheapo supermarket bacon. Also fruit is fine with natural Greek full fat yoghurt as it contains invert natural sugar, not the highly refined man made rubbish.

You might like to read up about 'natural' sugars. They increase insulin resistance and spike blood sugar levels. Carbs are carbs, even the ones in fruit or honey. Your doctor is wrong.

 

[Oldvatr]

You might like to read up about 'natural' sugars. They increase insulin resistance and spike blood sugar levels. Carbs are carbs, even the ones in fruit or honey. Your doctor is wrong.

invert sugar is table sugar

Invert Sugar: Nutrition, Benefits, and Uses

Invert sugar is frequently used to sweeten and improve the quality of a variety of commercial and homemade confections. This article explains what invert sugar is, how it's made, and what it's used for.

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Honey is invert sugar and is bad news for T2D on orals.

Invert Sugar - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

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Maple syrup is also invert sugar. also a No-no

 

[Oldvatr]

We always buy outdoor bred, dry cured bacon. Costs a bit more but the quality is better than 'normal' bacon. You can also get 'Naked' bacon from the supermarkets - no Nitrites.

Actually leafy vegetable contain more nitrites than bacon. I have found Naked Bacon. It is on sale in Ireland where it is made. It is not available in UK since the UK mandates a legal requirement for processed foods to have it added as a preservative.

Dietary Nitrate and Nitrite Concentrations in Food Patterns ... : Nutrition Today

the potential for increased risk of certain cancers in adults and methemoglobinemia (ie, blue baby syndrome) in infants. However, more recent evidence suggests that dietary nitrate, as an exogenous source for endogenous nitric oxide production via the human nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway...

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One of my heart meds is akin to nitroglycerine, and provides a nitrogen fix if my heart starts having difficulty. we need nitrogen, and plants fix nitrogen. we feed plants nitrogen fertiliser (ammonia). Amino acids are nitrogen carriers. It is not the nitrates I am having to restrict, it is the potassium. Our water supplies are awash with nitrogen compounds including nitrates and nitrites.

The problem with Naked bacon, apart from the price, is that when you get the pack out of the fridge or freezer you have to use up the whole pack in one sitting since there is no preservatives in at all and it relies on being refrigerated or frozen.

 

[chrisjohnh]

Actually leafy vegetable contain more nitrites than bacon. I have found Naked Bacon. It is on sale in Ireland where it is made. It is not available in UK since the UK mandates a legal requirement for processed foods to have it added as a preservative.

Dietary Nitrate and Nitrite Concentrations in Food Patterns ... : Nutrition Today

the potential for increased risk of certain cancers in adults and methemoglobinemia (ie, blue baby syndrome) in infants. However, more recent evidence suggests that dietary nitrate, as an exogenous source for endogenous nitric oxide production via the human nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway...

journals.lww.com

One of my heart meds is akin to nitroglycerine, and provides a nitrogen fix if my heart starts having difficulty. we need nitrogen, and plants fix nitrogen. we feed plants nitrogen fertiliser (ammonia). Amino acids are nitrogen carriers. It is not the nitrates I am having to restrict, it is the potassium. Our water supplies are awash with nitrogen compounds including nitrates and nitrites.

The problem with Naked bacon, apart from the price, is that when you get the pack out of the fridge or freezer you have to use up the whole pack in one sitting since there is no preservatives in at all and it relies on being refrigerated or frozen.

My serum potassium is near the bottom of the ‘normal’ scale and I was a bit anxious about that, but the GP said it was not a concern unless very low indeed. I tried to boost it without compromising my LCHF diet but could find no acceptable way to do it. Recommended intake of 4700mg daily is almost impossible to achieve by anyone and my diet struggles to reach half of that. A hundredweight of spinach a day might get near. The more I read in health science the more I wonder whether anything at all is really known, it’s in as much a mess as fundamental physics. Give me maths any day, where findings are generally on firm ground! Have spent the whole day googling zinc supplementation, yet again a zillion threads all contradicting each other regarding diet. Sigh …

 

[Aishia]

Don't know enough about Hawthorn. Some people say it is good for the heart.