- First of all – you’re probably dehydrated. Drink PLENTY of water while you’re on the keto diet. And then some more.
- Watch your electrolytes. When the body is getting rid of excess insulin from your former carb-crazy diet you´ll lose lots of fluids that have been retained in your body. This causes the rapid weight loss most people see in their first few days of ketosis, it’s mostly water, sorry. When you lose all the retained water you also lose electrolytes likesodium, magnesium and potassium. When you’re lacking them you´ll feel like crap so when you’re feeling really ill on the keto flu try things like chicken/beef broth and look for foods rich in these minerals. Take a multi-vitamin and a multi-mineral. I’ve heard good things about
- Eat more fat – Yup, load up. Butter everything, bacon everything, eat fatty meats and put heavy cream in your coffee. This will force your body to hurry up the transition. You´ll think this is crazy and think you´ll never get skinny eating this way, but you will.
- Don’t eat too much protein – The body can transform protein into glucose so if you eat too much of it in the first days it will slow down the transition. Go for fatty meat and cheese if you can, add fat to protein shakes etc. The first instinct when you’re on a diet might be to nibble on a chicken breast to lose weight. Don’t do that unless it’s smothered in cheese, wrapped with bacon and has some mayo on the side
Drink water, replenish electrolytes (sodium, magnesium, potassium) with food and supplements, drink broth, eat fat and not too much protein.
I really hope this helps. I know it helped me getting over the worst of the dreaded keto flu.
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