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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 2085508" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Thank you for expanding on your situation. That helps !</p><p>On low carb diet and low insulin output, sodium, magnesium and potassium salts are lost through the urine more than when insulin levels/ carb intake are higher.</p><p>A number of us on low carb or keto diet find we need more salt and magnesium in particular. Many docs and dietitians are unaware of this. Youtube Dr Phinney on keto diets and ketoadaption explains it well.</p><p>Of course as a type 1 diabetic totally reliant on injected insulin my loss of these salts maybe higher than when ine still has one's own insulin supply.</p><p>But the tiredness certainly improves with adding salt and either mahnesium containing foods or supplements. Coconut cream contains potassium. And blood tests may not help much as there is heaps of sodium in the body and most of the potassium and magnesium is in the bidy cells nit the blood so a level in the normal range may not rule out depletion in the body cells. However i have read that a magnesium and/or potassium blood level near the lower end of the range is suggestive of low kevels in the bidy cells.</p><p>You may wish to consider all this before trying increased carbs as a way of improving your energy levels.</p><p></p><p>Of course you wish to grasp the nettle and settle the question of what your glucose metabolism status is, but OGTT does have limitations which a continuous glucose monitoring might answer better with both low carb and higher carb diet.</p><p></p><p>Some can get diahoorea from over doing fat intake but from my reading the pancreas gland also produces the digestive enzymes that breakdown fats and the gallbladder produces the bile that also helps breakdown fats. It may be helpful to raise the general state of health of your pancreas and gallbladder with your doctor, just to cover that base.</p><p></p><p>Best Wishes, and i am glad you do look things up and think about them and call a doctor out for stating something that is a non sequiter or not congruent the up to date data and interpretation in physiology and pathology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 2085508, member: 468714"] Thank you for expanding on your situation. That helps ! On low carb diet and low insulin output, sodium, magnesium and potassium salts are lost through the urine more than when insulin levels/ carb intake are higher. A number of us on low carb or keto diet find we need more salt and magnesium in particular. Many docs and dietitians are unaware of this. Youtube Dr Phinney on keto diets and ketoadaption explains it well. Of course as a type 1 diabetic totally reliant on injected insulin my loss of these salts maybe higher than when ine still has one's own insulin supply. But the tiredness certainly improves with adding salt and either mahnesium containing foods or supplements. Coconut cream contains potassium. And blood tests may not help much as there is heaps of sodium in the body and most of the potassium and magnesium is in the bidy cells nit the blood so a level in the normal range may not rule out depletion in the body cells. However i have read that a magnesium and/or potassium blood level near the lower end of the range is suggestive of low kevels in the bidy cells. You may wish to consider all this before trying increased carbs as a way of improving your energy levels. Of course you wish to grasp the nettle and settle the question of what your glucose metabolism status is, but OGTT does have limitations which a continuous glucose monitoring might answer better with both low carb and higher carb diet. Some can get diahoorea from over doing fat intake but from my reading the pancreas gland also produces the digestive enzymes that breakdown fats and the gallbladder produces the bile that also helps breakdown fats. It may be helpful to raise the general state of health of your pancreas and gallbladder with your doctor, just to cover that base. Best Wishes, and i am glad you do look things up and think about them and call a doctor out for stating something that is a non sequiter or not congruent the up to date data and interpretation in physiology and pathology. [/QUOTE]
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