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What To Expect
Before you start your journey, it’s best to get a complete blood profile including insulin, liver function,
and vitamin D - and then talk to your doctor. Tell her you want to go on a ketogenic diet. Resistance
usually comes in the form of fat-phobia and cholesterol-phobia. Read the handout on cholesterol. Bring
the science with you. If your doctor still insists that you need carbs in order to live, you might want to
get another doctor.
Also, before you start, measure yourself – at least your waist circumference. This is where you’ll see the
most dramatic results, around your liver.
You should probably take an Omega 3 supplement and a multivitamin daily. In addition, your doctor will
tell you if you need vitamin D. Many of us are deficient.
During the first or second week of keto eating, you may – for a short time – experience symptoms of
“carb withdrawal,” sometimes referred to as “keto flu.” These include being tired, achy, nauseated and
wanting to nap all the time. Just go ahead and nap. This is to be expected.
During carb withdrawal your body isn’t quite good enough at burning fat and producing ketones. At the
same time the organs and other cells are demanding ketones. It’s really phase one of fat adaptation.
Once you get through it, you will feel much better.
Another symptom you might get is a rash, sometimes referred to as “keto rash.” This is thought to be
candida dying off. Candida is a yeast that lives on your skin. It’s harmless, but doesn’t like keto for some
reason. When it dies it creates an itchy rash. Thankfully, it doesn’t last long. You can use any topical itch
cream, such as calamine lotion or hydrocortisone, to treat the symptoms.
After you get through withdrawal symptoms – and some people never experience them – you will
probably enjoy a steady weight loss. And then… you will plateau.
Plateaus can happen for a number of reasons. The first thing to do is nothing. Continue on as you
normally do. Think about this. Your liver is purging itself of fat. Your blood sugar is falling. Your
triglycerides are falling. Your blood pressure is normalizing. Your lean muscle mass is increasing.
Measure yourself. Since muscle is denser than fat, it weighs more per volume. As you lose fat and gain
muscle, your weight loss will slow or even increase. Let it happen and enjoy better health.
If your first plateau happens after 3 to 8 weeks, we have a secret weapon: fasting. You might want to try
eating one meal per day, with no snacking in between – only keto-ade. You can have coffee, tea, etc.,
but no sweeteners, cream, or any other nutrient. You will find that not only are you not hungry, you will
feel great. Which meal? Most people eat only dinner. Consider eating a late lunch: 3PM. Fasting has
been shown to help us bust through plateaus. See the handout on fasting for more information.
There are, of course, other reasons why we plateau. Usually it’s because we are becoming more
sensitive to certain foods or additives. See the handout on self-testing for more information.
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