"Carb Flu" ?? Feelling Horrible

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  • NancyStree
    NancyStree Posts: 89 Member
    Thank you for the info...
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
    Does anybody know about this topic? Today has been a real hard day. I am having major crash and feel terrible. I have not been able to eat but half a salad today. Headache, fatigued, shaky, flush, anxious, and just out of it. I think it may be what they call a "carb flu" because today is day 8 with lowering my carb intake to only 50 grams a day. If you look through my diary you can see that I am also on a calorie deficit diet as well. Do you guys think skipping the gym tonight would be a copout or because of the lack of energy and calorie intake I would probably wind up feeling even worse justifying the miss and making it up another day? I would appreciate any help. Also, what do you guys think about protein shakes being on a low carb diet at night after the gym to replace dinner? Thanks!!

    "Carb flu" will eventually go away after about a week or so, or at least it did for me personally. I would have to say though that your crash is related to not eating nearly enough, not the lower carbs. I think you should not be working out until you get an appropriate amount of calories in, you are well below BMR, you don't want an even higher deficit. As long as the protein shake is lower carb it should be fine. Good luck to you, take care of yourself :flowerforyou:
  • Joleen_J2004
    Joleen_J2004 Posts: 10 Member
    I felt the "carb flu" when I was on the South beach diet for like 4 weeks instead of 2 for the introduction phase...It does go away and I wouldn't say that it's a cop out, but just make sure it doesn't become a habit...
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    I eat lots of eggs and my cholesterol is fine :(

    I eat a lot of eggs too! I didn't say eggs cause high cholesterol, unhealthy fats like the fat found in bacon does!

    Eggs may be high in cholesterol, but I've done lots of research on it and have found many studies that suggest they don't CAUSE high cholesterol.

    And also, everyone is different and different genetics make people more susceptible to different things.


    Yep. I eat bacon every single day and my cholesterol is great. I must have the lottery genes. lol

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