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Taste in the mouth

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Aseiten

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
So past few days I’m trying to restrict my carbs. I’m consuming under 100g a day, more closer to around 50. I’ve tried Keto in the past and couldn’t stick to it ir so trying again but a little bit easier. So far it’s good. I’m checking my BG quite often and I don’t go over 7 which is great ( I think. I’m new to this..) now I’ve been diagnosed only 3 weeks ago and eating low carb past three days only. I had sweet taste in my mouth ( sign of diabetes apparently) but now since yesterday it turned salty. Does that mean I consume too much salt? I feel that I’m having keto flu, so what’s this salty flavour? It’s feels like my lips and tip of my tongue is covered in salt. Shouldn’t it be sweet? Aka pear drops? I’m on metformin too, and that gives metal tinge for a while after consuming. I have to chew gum constantly. The flavour drives me nuts.
 
justbe said:
NO expert, but it sounds like an electrolyte balance problem to me. Make sure you're doing keto RIGHT (getting proper balanced nutrition, according to keto guidance), rather than just winging it and eating a few things you like or find easy to prepare, for examples.

As an aside, the "sweet taste" is not "a sign of diabetes" in itself. It's a sign that you have a lot of acetone (a type of ketone, as in "keto") in your blood stream. That can be caused by EITHER diabetes OR keto, for completely different reasons.
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I don’t want to do keto, I can’t stick to it. I want to do low carb and see if I can stick to it. Because so far I failed everything. Prior my diagnosis I tried to lose weight and so far I only gained. The flavour in my mouth been changing loads. But if I do eat less carbs it does change salty and it’s way worst than sweet taste.. tip of my tongue and lips feels almost sore from salt. I will try taking electrolyte tablet, but surely salty taste means too much salt?
 
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Jaylee said:
Hi @Aseiten ,

Would you like me or a mod team member to move your thread to a more suitable area?
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I posted somewhere else too. But yes. If there is more suitable place please do :) I am not aiming to do keto. I can't sustain it but I want to do low carb as it seems to work for me so far. Thank you
 
Aseiten said:
I posted somewhere else too. But yes. If there is more suitable place please do :) I am not aiming to do keto. I can't sustain it but I want to do low carb as it seems to work for me so far. Thank you
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No problem. I'll move this thread to the low carb section.

Don't worry about the other (double) topic. Taken care of too!
 
Aseiten said:
So past few days I’m trying to restrict my carbs. I’m consuming under 100g a day, more closer to around 50. I’ve tried Keto in the past and couldn’t stick to it ir so trying again but a little bit easier. So far it’s good. I’m checking my BG quite often and I don’t go over 7 which is great ( I think. I’m new to this..) now I’ve been diagnosed only 3 weeks ago and eating low carb past three days only. I had sweet taste in my mouth ( sign of diabetes apparently) but now since yesterday it turned salty. Does that mean I consume too much salt? I feel that I’m having keto flu, so what’s this salty flavour? It’s feels like my lips and tip of my tongue is covered in salt. Shouldn’t it be sweet? Aka pear drops? I’m on metformin too, and that gives metal tinge for a while after consuming. I have to chew gum constantly. The flavour drives me nuts.
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Hi,

Way back when I was first given Metformin, I got that metallic tinge after a tablet. Drove me to distraction, and in the end I gave up and stopped the tablets - with the consultant's approval. He didn't offer any alternatives at the time (20 years ago) but I speculate that I would have been OK on the slow release Metformin.
 
Brunneria said:
Hi,

Way back when I was first given Metformin, I got that metallic tinge after a tablet. Drove me to distraction, and in the end I gave up and stopped the tablets - with the consultant's approval. He didn't offer any alternatives at the time (20 years ago) but I speculate that I would have been OK on the slow release Metformin.
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Hey. The metal taste is not that bad and doesn't last overly long but saltiness is there. I took some electrolytes but doesn't seem working.. bleurgh
 
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