Keto diet with suppliments?

Aawatkins13
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I started the Keto diet but wanted to know what are all the suppliments I should buy with it to stay healthy?
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Personally I believe if your diet requires you do buy supplements to stay healthy you are on the wrong diet. The exception being some medical conditions where certain foods can not be eaten.2
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You dont need supplements to stay healthy, I'm on keto and have never eaten better. I think I am a lot healthier being on keto no matter what anyone may think. I eat more veg and salad than I ever have as I used to fill up on starchy potatoes/rice/pasta/bread, now it's more veggies and salads with good meat and poultry and healthy fats.
Good luck with your journey and try to read up on things rather than listen to all the "keto is very unhealthy" advice you will no doubt get on this thread1 -
There are groups here you can search for that will likely be more helpful than the main forums. Low carber daily I believe is an active one.
If you feel keto is a sustainable way of eating for you then that's great. I think the only thing you need to be mindful of is your salt intake/electrolyte balance. You'll need more salt than those with a less restrictive way of eating.1 -
Talk to the people in here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
I personally take a multivitamin, but you don't have to take anything as long as you are getting enough nutrition through your food0 -
You'll need to increase sodium due to the electrolyte and water weight lost in the first week. A minimum of 3000-5000 + mg of sodium is needed per day or you may experince an electrolyte imbalance (headache, nausea, fatigue, brain fog, BM issues, muscle aches and eventually muscle spasms).
There is 2300 mg of sodium in a teaspoon of table salt. Add a teaspoon of salt to water, drink broth, salt food liberally or try salt tablets to replace the sodium you lose when going low carb.
Otherwise, there are no supplemets needed on a LCHF diet. If one has special needs, you'll need to take that into account of course, but you'd do that for any diet, right?
Most low carbers drop grains and sugar.... There is very little nutrition there anyways. If you are very low carb, you may limit sugary fruits like raisins, bananas or mangos, but eating a few berries instead seems like a healthy alternative.
I've been very low carb for a couple of years and have needed no extra supplements. In fact, my orthomolecular doctor (treats patients through food and nutrition - he is an md) has had me cut back on a few vitamins (like multi, A, etc.) because my blppd levels improved.
Micronutrients are often more bioavailable from animal sources, plus when paired with fatty foods they are absorbed better. For some, like me, that means fewer vitamins.1
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