Electrolytes
Electrolytes
When you are eating keto, your kidneys remove salts from your blood more than before. For this reason, you need to up your salt intake. Just as importantly, you must supplement potassium and magnesium. Without this, you can look forward to leg cramps, trouble sleeping, nausea, and all the things that come with electrolyte deficiency.
You can take supplements, but you can also make yourself a“ keto-ade” and sip on it throughout the day. Morton Lite-Salt is ½ sodium and ½ potassium. Here’ s one recipe for keto-ade:
• 24 oz filtered water( or tap water)
• ¼ Teaspoon Morton ' s Lite Salt
• ½ Tablespoon Magnesium Citrate( found with laxatives)
Mix well. Refrigerate for best taste.
If you want to add your favorite sugar-free sweetener, go ahead. But first, read the handout on selftesting – and then test your sugar response to the various sweeteners. See the handout on Sweeteners.
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