@awfuldaring

If you haven't upped your salt until you were suffering, you also need to add in magnesium. Most any form other than oxide will help. Basically, your body keeps water, sodium, magnesium, and potassium in balance. Potassium is pretty easily gotten from food if you're eating whole foods...

However, when you first start keto, you dump a whole ton of water that's been held in for processing carbs. As such, a ton of sodium and magnesium get dumped too. If you don't replace the 3500-5000 mg of sodium a day you dump, you'll start dumping a TON of magnesium. And magnesium is nearly impossible to replace with food only (unless you're eating all organic, heirloom, and grassfed foods). 95% of the first world population is deficient in some way, 75% of them are significantly deficient. Due to the lack of crop rotations/resting fields, the advent of GMO's, the increase in pesticides, etc., food is almost completely depleted of magnesium. An apple back in the 1950's had something like 50 mg of magnesium. Today, a non organic one has less than 10 mg, and an organic one has about the same, to my understand. That's just one example.

I personally prefer a chelated magnesium for easy absorption. My favorite is the Doctor's Best brand Magnesium Gylcinate. My second favorite is Thorne Research Magnesium Citrate... Both recommend splitting into AM and PM doses, as it only stays active about 12 hours.

I personally had to get around 800 mg at first to treat my underlying deficiencies, but around 400 mg does it for me now ongoing, unless I sweat or exercise a lot.


That all being said, for getting lots of sodium, I like pickles, some like olives, I like pepperoni, salami, and other lunch meats, I salt everything. I've been known to toss back some Pink Himalayan Sea Salt crystals and swig some water to wash them down. Bouillon helps, as you said. Using a knob of butter can help, too, and make it a treat. Homemade keto-ade (like gatorade, but without sugars, dyes, and unneeded things) is decent too....someone can share the recipe.


Keep in mind that the nu-salt might be making your "flu" worse. I was so magnesium deficient when I started that adding ANY potassium forced me to drop more magnesium, and worsened the issue... Drinking extra water without the remaining electrolytes will make you dump more, too, as your body strives to keep balance in the blood, whether that means dumping things in large doses or strip mining your bones and muscles to get what it needs (hence muscle cramps and bone pain for some)...

Focus on getting enough water, getting at least 3500 mg of sodium, closer to 5000 mg + if you're still suffering, then magnesium. Then, and only then, if you're still suffering (unless you've been medically tested to show low potassium) should you add potassium. Too much is worse than too little. @Sunny_Bunny_

Please be careful with boullion cubes.Often they are loaded with msg
Which can make you feel terrible and is a neuro toxin. Get some Green Vibrance for micro nutrients and also a good trace mineral supplement.When making the transition you need alot of support because your body will have alot of dead microorganizms leaving your system which can feel bad. Also organic matcha tea with stevia or erythritol is helpful.you must get unsweetened. Also add a pinch of sea salt to water by your bed. Flax meal and chia meal and hemp hearts are great to help with elimination.You can sprinkle or add into smoothies.Good luck

If I want something warm, I do bone broth. I make my own to avoid msg. For a cold drink I like Electrolyte Surpreme from Jigsaw Health. (like a sugar free gatorade). At night I take slow mag and potassium with my multivitamin and such. Also I keep a small bowl of pink salt at my desk. It's the larger crystals I put into a grinder, but leave them big in my bowl. Like 1/8 inch in size. Then every hour I just put one under my tongue.