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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Defren" data-source="post: 275355" data-attributes="member: 41817">Hi Michelle, I am almost at the end of week four of the ND. The hunger pangs will ease. The reason you feel this way is due to your body getting used to a drastic cut in carbs. The symptoms you are experiencing are commonly called Atkins flu, they appear as your body changes from a food intake machine into a ketosis (fat) burning machine. A ketogenic body is a much more efficient way of keeping us full of energy. Look at it this way; when a runner runs, if s/he were on a ordinary diet, once the body runs out of fuel from ingested food, it will stall. However, with a ketognic runner, we all store a good amount of fuel as fat, so the ketogenic body will not run out of fuel. Much more efficient. The symptoms of Atkins flu are really awful, but the good news is they are short lived. People usually hit ketosis at around 3-5 days. Once you are into ketosis you will suddenly find the symptoms vanish and you have loads, and loads more energy. I was fortunate, I was already ketogenic before I began the ND as I was on <20g of carbs a day. Honestly, keep going and you will feel so much better really soon. You FBG as well as all your other readings will improve, just give your body chance to get its self caught up with what you are doing. Good luck.[edit to add] You can read my diary where I have posted my experiences and BG levels every day. There is good and bad, as I have kept it as real as I found it all. <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=28731" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=27&t=28731</a></blockquote>

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