You probably need way more salt, and the ener-c already has magnesium, so is it possible you are taking too much since you are supplementing that one twice?

I was previously on medication for high blood pressure and a low sodium diet so the thought of upping sodium to me was a bit scary. That said, a year after ceasing BP meds and a restricted sodium diet, when I decided to try keto...I was pretty hesitant about upping sodium. I did increase it. It took away my ills when they occurred which were light headedness, heart palpitations or lethargy.

I'm not a doctor nor anything close to a medical practitioner but increasing sodium to ~3000mg-5000mg was helpful to me. I don't eat keto level everyday now but still have days I need a sodium boost to help with legs of lead (lethargy).

Probably electrolyte related. I am possibly not the best person to answer because I have tachycardia but I actually found my heart rate stays lower on keto. I can actually run up a hill without being way over 200.

Have you been sick lately? I got the flu a couple of months back and my heart rate was crazy high even for me during that period.

astartig wrote: »

I've always been sensitive to salt. like I gain ten pounds over night if I eat out at a chinese restaurant lol. and I'm unsure if I have high blood pressure. the docs seem somewhat concerned but haven't told me to do anything further at this point for it. I have white coat anxiety AND I'm terrified of blood pressure devices. the thing squeezing on my arm gives me a panic attack. so when I go to the doc it's HIGH.. but if I go to the doc with xanax it's a little high like borderline. so yeahn salt always seemed scary to me. normally i get under 1k a day. so upping to 1.7 seemed crazy. I was light headed before I upped it. but the heart wasn't fast. now not so light headed but hr fast. I'll try upping it a bit more and see how it goes.

@astartig

This sensitivity to salt might also be to table salt/iodized salt. I've recently run across some medical data that says that table salt, and what's used in soy sauce as well as most cooking, if not explicitly sea salt ONLY, will spike blood pressure in many folks.

Reportedly, sea salt is absorbed differently (and also not processed the same - table salt has generally been through a TON of processing), so it is far less likely to cause this reaction. (The article I read at the time said 85% or more less likely to trigger a reaction.)

Try reducing anything that is already salted - and add your own salt - sea salt. So skip prepared sauces, marinades, dressings, etc., wherever possible... I'd personally recommend (just my opinion, no medical training here) slowly increasing the sea salt to see if that helps.


P.S. I'm SOOO with you on the white coat syndrome and tight cuffs! Those machines will read AT LEAST +30/+10 or more higher than a traditional cuff EVERY SINGLE TIME!

I can't add to the reasons why other than to say that I went through this when I first went keto some years ago now, I was on a very gentle run, my usual 3 mile route but intentionally taking it steady, my HR was through the roof. It just sorted itself out in time.

Chinese food sauce is loaded with sugar and MSG too, that could be more the cause of wieght gain at resturants

Hello, I had that accelerated heart rate too for a few days and solved it with omega 3 capsules.