Guest guest Posted December 3, 2001 Report Share Posted December 3, 2001 Another thing I have found when taking to people is that some people can get bad headaches from nutrasweet and other fake sugar substitutes...sus Re: Headache Jacky, your body is detoxing from the carbs, and, unfortunately, you are bound to feel pretty low for a few days. I always get headaches when I stop doing something addictive. Lately, it's coffee. The good news is after a week or so, you should start to feel better than you have for a long time, if your numbers were high. The body gets used to doing things a certain way, whether good or bad. Another thing to watch as this change over process is your body feeling like your blood sugar is way low. THis can happen with blood sugar around 100 (5.5), because your body is so used to very high numbers. When you feel shaky and weak, be sure to test. If it's a real hypo (below 65 ((3.61)), you need to dose it with glucose tabs, rather than eating sugary food. It's easy to overfeed a hypo. A glucose tab (any market, drug store, etc.) is 4 grams and will raise your blood sugar about 20 points. Every gram of carbohydrate will raise your blood sugar 3-5 points, depending on glycemic value. Think of the headaches as signs of improvement - maybe that will help :-) Barb .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2001 Report Share Posted December 3, 2001 Another thing I have found when taking to people is that some people can get bad headaches from nutrasweet and other fake sugar substitutes...sus Re: Headache Jacky, your body is detoxing from the carbs, and, unfortunately, you are bound to feel pretty low for a few days. I always get headaches when I stop doing something addictive. Lately, it's coffee. The good news is after a week or so, you should start to feel better than you have for a long time, if your numbers were high. The body gets used to doing things a certain way, whether good or bad. Another thing to watch as this change over process is your body feeling like your blood sugar is way low. THis can happen with blood sugar around 100 (5.5), because your body is so used to very high numbers. When you feel shaky and weak, be sure to test. If it's a real hypo (below 65 ((3.61)), you need to dose it with glucose tabs, rather than eating sugary food. It's easy to overfeed a hypo. A glucose tab (any market, drug store, etc.) is 4 grams and will raise your blood sugar about 20 points. Every gram of carbohydrate will raise your blood sugar 3-5 points, depending on glycemic value. Think of the headaches as signs of improvement - maybe that will help :-) Barb .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 Yes, headaches are normal. The solution is to drink enoromous amounts of water. About the third day into ketosis, I became drastically ill, like the flu. I instantly starting drinking water. I probably drank that day 2 gallons and took tylenol. After that it was gone as long as I drink at least 1 gallon of water. Phyllis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 This may sound stupid, but what is ketosis? Jacky Phyllis Norwood wrote: > Yes, headaches are normal. The solution is to drink enoromous amounts > of > water. About the third day into ketosis, I became drastically ill, > like > the flu. > > I instantly starting drinking water. I probably drank that day 2 > gallons > and took tylenol. After that it was gone as long as I drink at least 1 > > gallon of water. > > Phyllis > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 This may sound stupid, but what is ketosis? Jacky Phyllis Norwood wrote: > Yes, headaches are normal. The solution is to drink enoromous amounts > of > water. About the third day into ketosis, I became drastically ill, > like > the flu. > > I instantly starting drinking water. I probably drank that day 2 > gallons > and took tylenol. After that it was gone as long as I drink at least 1 > > gallon of water. > > Phyllis > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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