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I experienced this. I never needed to lose weight, always been lean. But I wanted to see if I could reduce my blood sugar since it was borderline high. So I wen
by geomark 10y ago
I experienced this. I never needed to lose weight, always been lean. But I wanted to see if I could reduce my blood sugar since it was borderline high. So I went very low carb for a while. Did not intend to but lost 5 kilos right away and felt fine, although it seemed like I was a bit underweight. A few weeks later got a miserable case of flu and couldn't eat for a few days. Lost even more weight, felt terrible, looked like death. It seems like the little reserves I previously had were gone from my change in diet.
- mpbm 10y agoMy research indicates those 5 kilos were probably mostly water because when you go low carb your body uses up all of its glycogen, which is stored with 3-parts water, and that takes a lot of salt with it. So you have to drink more often and consume more salt. Then it can take 2-4 weeks for your body to ramp up the right chemicals to switch to fat burning.
- geomark 10y agoThat's interesting. I did drink more water but I did not give any consideration to salt. What's the best way to get that salt balance right?
- cel1ne 10y agoIngesting more salt goes against common knowledge (which doesn't mean it's wrong). Usually people state that the salt keeps the water in the body, so if you want to lose weight you need to lower your salt intake. But what you say kinda makes sense, I'm interested in hearing more of your ideas.