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>The onset of ketosis is marked by really clear flu-like symptoms I tried a ketogenic diet once out of curiosity (confirmed ketosis with urine testing) and I d
by mrob 9y ago
>The onset of ketosis is marked by really clear flu-like symptoms
I tried a ketogenic diet once out of curiosity (confirmed ketosis with urine testing) and I did not experience this. I have read many other anecdotes of people who also did not experience it.
- rhinoceraptor 9y agoThe flu like symptoms are mostly electrolyte imbalance in my experience. You lose a lot of water weight and salt.
- mrob 9y agoAlthough I had not heard that reasoning before, I was told to increase water and salt consumption, which I did. Possibly this could have prevented any flu-like symptoms.
- rhinoceraptor 9y agoWhen you deplete glycogen (you can store about 500 grams of it), you also lose 3 grams of water per gram of glycogen. So in total, you lose about 1.5 liters of water once you're fully glycogen depleted.
- frisco 9y agoOk. I did experience it. It would be unsurprising if there is biological variability in this. But from the parent's description if they did experience symptoms like it, it seems like ketone flu is a highly likely explanation.
- ravenstine 9y agoI've experienced what's commonly called the "keto flu". Whenever I get back on a keto diet, I drink a lot of electrolytes, get plenty of vitamins, and that seems to mitigate most of the symptoms. It definitely feels like a cold or the flu when it happens, though without a fever.