RoosterDJC wrote: »

Started doing Keto for 2017. Lost 9 lbs so far. I have just not been eating breakfast. Its coffe and half and half until noon. Anyone else doing this?

Heavy cream has fewer carbs and sugars than half-and-half, but that is still a great option. Make sure to stay away from carreenagen if you can, as it creates inflammation in the majority of people. It is a thickener and emulsifier added to prevent dairy products from separating (Americans and others automatically assume that means it's spoiled instead of natural), and it is absolutely unnecessary, @RoosterDJC. Just as an FYI. I still have dairy/sugar reactions to half and half, but you may not have that issue...

As @RoosterDJC indicated, there can be other issues at play, too. Most common is magnesium. Due to soil depletion, pesticides, GMO's and all kinds of other factors, our foods are massively depleted of natural magnesium. Folks generally need to supplement unless eating all organic and grass fed foods...

Scochrane86 wrote: »

RoosterDJC wrote: »

Well that's amazing! Are you taking any multivitamins? I was feeling headaches too, but not since I added the multi. Congrats!

I have not started anything yet, but I have ordered potassium and magnesium and I have a multivitamin at home that I will start taking as well.
I have 2 small children and work full time, I cannot be down because of nasty headaches!

@Scochrane86 - Get some extra sodium...I promise it will help until you get your shipment of vitamins in!

RoosterDJC wrote: »

I did too much research on which multi to get. Decided whole food (not the store) instead of a synthetic multi was best. The jury is out on if I can keep up the twice a day regimen but it seems to have done the trick. I went with Garden of Life Vitamin Code because I heard all good things. @KnitOrMiss I would like to hear your take on multivitamins.

I have two young teenagers myself, I can sympathize!

@RoosterDJC - Honestly, that could become an entire novel for me at this point... I've played around. I've heard good things about Garden of Life. There are some of those sites that tell you about ratings and all that jazz... I can maybe dig up links, but @RalfLott is usually better at that than I am.

Personally, I don't take a multi - because so many vitamins compete for absorption or interfere. I've done kind of a deconstructed version, but there are certain things that need to be taken 12 hours apart - or only have a 12 hour half-life and are best taken twice a day... So the best formulas will either have an AM and PM - or suggestion you take them twice. Individually packaged powders that mix with water in an AM and PM formula are supposed to be the optimum thing... Shelf stable, don't oxidize, aren't exposed each time you open a container, no additives, etc.

That being said, I don't have the money for most of those type systems. What I do is pretty involved...but main things are:

• Magnesium should be twice a day...might need to be different forms, as some make folks sleepy, some don't. It's used in like 600 bodily processes.
• D3 should ALWAYS be paired with K2, and only taking during the AM/midday hours. At night, this will prevent sleep. MUST be taken with fats to absorb.
• Vitamin A & E balance D, and should be taken 12 hours offset or at night. The prevent toxicity and such. Again, require fats to absorb.
• Calcium is generally not needed - but without the K2 with D3 to aid absorption and routing, these will clutter your arteries... Magnesium, potassium, boron, zinc, are all required for transport and absorption and securing resources. But IF calcium is taken, it needs to be taken at night, on an empty stomach if possible.
• Boron, zinc (balanced with copper for some/most folks - assays can tell if you need this), and K2 are the nutrients that most people don't know they need - but are critical in so many things.
• B-12 supplements help many folks - but should always be paired with a B-Complex, B-Super Complex, or B-Ultra Complex. Taking B-12 alone will eventually deplete all your other B Vitamins, which leads to nerve damage and a whole lot of other mess.
• Potassium is needed by some folks - but is bad for others. Don't mess with this without testing is generally my advice.
• Vitamins are not necessarily necessary unless you've been tested for deficiencies, but I can't afford organic and grass fed foods. So it's easier for me to supplement currently.
• Without enough stomach acid, you may have difficulties absorbing nutrients, period.

That's the top of my head list. I'll add more as I think on it... Please let me know if specific questions.

And please remember. This is all based on personal experimentation and research. I am not a medical professional, and none of this is intended as medical advice. It is information upon which to jump start you own research to figure out what is best for you! No two people anywhere are exactly the same!

Generally, I hear about cutting back protein to help with that, but no, the carb threshold is very individual. My worry would be that if you cut out keto breath, you'd also cut out KETO itself... Good luck, @elize7