Little context before talking my story. I am a bodybuilder and train since 5 years with a lot of knowledge on supplements, training technique, nutrition for fat loss and muscle growth. Always ate like a pig on fast food but bodybuilding , 10000 step a day and micronutrients supplementation kept me lean and healthy. Started keto 4 month ago after a bulk to see if fat loss was enhanced. Went from 94 to 89 kilo without losing strenght or side effect. 1 month ago I started protein only diet and lost 5 kilo with only soy whey and chicken breast (averaging 500g protein a day), few days after starting and diahrea everyday, irritability, weakness in my leg walking, insomnia, always hungry despite eating a lot,huge delation in my muscle, since few days I noticed huge diminution at going to the gym which I didn’t skip since years. Today I learned about « rabbit starvation » ate a whole block of cheese and feel alive again.

So I’m just over a month into the keto diet and it’s going really well. I eat an avocado a day and add salt to my foods and lo-salt to water to get the extra potassium and sodium I need. I feel I haven’t found the right daily dose for myself yet and sometimes overdo it causing headaches and chest pain. I’m basically just asking to anyone who takes branded electrolyte supplements, are they actually worth the money or is lo-salt just as good?

EDIT: Thanks for all the great info! I was confusing dietary fiber with insoluble fiber. Net carbs of 4g makes sense. I'm going to just take psyllium husk instead. Any carbs in get need to be tasty!

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I'm seeing a lot of conflicting information on Sugarfree Metamucil and just want to be sure it's not bad for keto.

According to the label it has 10g of carbs per serving with 6 grams dietary fiber and 5 grams soluble fiber.

Shouldn't that be a net carbs of zero? That's not what all the carb tracking apps and Google searches are telling me.

Thanks for any help...

I’m onto week 10 of keto following a 2:1 diet which is overseen by a trained practitioner. I started it for anxiety and depression. I’ve been on antidepressants for 18 years now and have destabilised my nervous system quite a few times trying to come off them due to side effects.

I want to use keto to provide additional resilience to help with what will be a lengthy (several years taper). I have to go that slowly because my nervous system is very sensitised and I can currently only manage small cuts otherwise the anxiety, depression and associated symptoms are too much for me.

After a 3 month hold on meds I made 2 cuts of 5% at week 4 and week 7 of keto. This was too much too soon and my anxiety and depression have worsened along with associated physical and mental symptoms.

It’s also clouded what my best ketone levels ought to be. I measure daily using keto mojo. I think the 2-3 spot is probably best for me, but still learning.

I have my electrolytes dialled in.

I‘ve seen some benefit from keto but not much yet, but remain hopeful that it will provide much needed mental resilience to a long and hard taper.

Anyone else here in a similar boat? Be good to hear how others have / are faring.

I may not be understanding the relationship between fibre and carbs. I thought fibre was a type of carb - the indigestible subset of the carb total - and therefore not counted.

But logically, that would mean there can't be more fibre than carbs, and I've seen a few labels on foods with this.

Can someone explain this to me?

New here, but not to keto. My 5 yo son has been on keto for almost 2 years for medical reasons, I do pretty much all of the cooking. I check his ketones at least weekly and he is generally around 2.5.

At the last doctor visit, the doctor mentioned that he hadn't gained weight since the last visit (~6 months). While he isn't underweight yet, I need to get him to eat a little more. Preferably using less butter/"bad fats," due to his cholesterol being a little high as well, but any ideas help.

I already asked doctor and dietician for tips and they were largely unhelpful (let him eat the things he likes, etc).

Hoping people here have some favorite calorie dense, keto foods. He's not too picky, the meds just lower his appetite.

I’ve heard people on keto discussing how their heart rate increases when on keto, however, my experience seems to be the opposite. I already have a fairly low RHR due to endurance training, but additionally, my RHR has decreased from 45 to 40-42. And no, I haven’t had any significant weight loss on this diet, so it is not due to the decrease in weight.

What experiences do you have with heart rate levels on keto?

Hey, I’ve been on a keto diet for a while. It’s great and I’m rather high-energy in the morning though as soon as breakfast rolls around, I experience a low for the rest of the day. My regular plate consists of slices of Spam (pork) accompanied by a handful of cherry tomatoes, though yesterday I ate nothing but chicken all day and my mood didn’t dip as much. Does anyone know why this happens when I eat pork?

My wife is type 1 diabetic and was wanting to use keto to lose weight. She has lost about 17 pounds the last couple of months but some bloodwork came back with unexpected results. So of course, there are concerns but she is feeling good and happy with her success and is 30 pounds from her goal weight she was hoping to reach by Christmas Holiday. Anyone got some diet tweaks or foods to add or cut out/back on?? Thanks for any recommendations. 😎👍