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I think, given that ketotic diets are used to treat epileptic children that they are fairly safe. As for nutritional concerns, I bet there's a lot already figured out about kid specific stuff from the epileptic community, though I haven't looked but a little into it. I do remember reading that the kids can end up shorter…

Ellie's Current Goals: Carbs: 0-10, absolute ceiling of 20. Protein: 20-80 Fat: Unlimited

I get icepick headaches when I am actively losing weight (which, come to find out, is only when I'm low carb - go figure), and I just made the connection to salt the other day. On a hunch and a craving I ate 1/3 tsp directly in the middle of a cluster of headaches and they vanished and didn't come back the rest of that…

Yep, sorry, just noticed the calorie allowance. That is too low in general and I agree, eat more, especially fat! But I get munchies at night anyway, almost regardless of what I eat and focused on that.

When I stay up really late I also get munchy. I find that hot herbal tea really helps me. My favorite right now is Cinnamon Apple Spice with 7 drops of liquid stevia. Kind of like hot cider.

Here! I have some underlying issues so I'm doing very low to no carb, just started really getting into it recently (I spent a few weeks downsizing my carbs). My diet is pretty boring right now - various meats and other animal products, fat, coffee and tea with very small treats. But the weight is dropping again finally and…

New stretch marks are stretched out or even swollen and pink and itch or even hurt a little. Old stretch marks that are showing up from weight loss are skin color or slightly paler or darker (depending on complexion) and you notice them because they become kindof dimpley.

Not confirmed but I suspect I have PCOS by symptoms, and I discovered recently that I have had to go very low carb or fast to get the scale to move at all unless I eat <800 cals a day, which I can't sustain. I was at a stall for several months at 1500 calories (average) a day, even often fairly (but not extremely) low…

I don't know if I had a rupture or not, no insurance at the time, but I had an acute injury and chronic pain for years that was made a LOT worse by sudden movement. I spent some time completely immobile from the pain. I found an e-book (don't remember the name) that highlighted some exercises and lifestyle changes and…

I have a hilly belly, a bump below and bump above belly button and a dent around my belly button even when I stand up and I wasn't sure where to measure, either. I decided to measure at the smallest point, which is just above the upper fat roll. Not quite at my natural waist when I was without fat rolls, but it's the…

That's interesting. My appetite usually shuts down when I have a virus like that and I feel sick at the thought of eating. Though, to be fair I usually get full-blown flu once or twice a year, and a cold maybe every other or every third year, so I don't have a lot to go on for colds. I say listen to your body, within…

Many things, I will try most things. Most organs from common animals, including tongue, heart, kidneys, stomach, testicles, brain, sweetbreads, etc. A few North American wild ruminants, elk, whitetail, bison, etc. I butchered my own chickens several times, and tried to use all edible parts. I made chicken organ, foot and…

This seems to be the only way I lose. It's funny, really.

Hey, maybe they're poly. Or maybe not...

All meat seems to go through stages while cooking. Assuming a hypothetical hunk of meat is the same temperature throughout: somewhere around 140-150 degrees it will start to change texture and become more like what we know as "cooked" meat. Between 155 and 165 the proteins tighten so much that it begins to become rubbery.…

I have a few. Outright allergy now to oranges and possibly also grapefruits which is new this year and gives me scary esophageal spasms and heart palpitations. Mild by some standards, but those spasms feel like a heart attack. I also have a wheat intolerance/celiac symptom; I get bumps on my legs. I seem to have digestive…

Everything. Yep, just about everything. I have at least 15 different major stressors going on in my life right now, and every single one came up today.

https://www.google.com/search?q=8+ounces+to+cups&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS440US440 - Google has a feature where you can type X(measurement) to (measurement) and it will convert it for you. But if you're using "cups" to mean whatever "drinking cup" you have, that could be anything from 6 ounces to 14 ounces, quite a wide range. I'd…

Well, sort of. The, um.. "poetic" description may be off, but autophagy (literally self-eating) is real and does have a role in the body, and it is hypothesized that the mechanisms and reactions that occur in cells during autophagy may trigger apoptosis of many cancer cells as one of the ways in which frequent periods of…

Hmm. A successful company. Yep, that's what I want for Christmas.

I have little tabs on the sides of my cheek too. I'm not entirely sure if those aren't just natural though. When I was a kid I used to bite at them on purpose, and on the insides of my lips. I still do when acutely stressed out, but I try not to. I'm a hypochondriac, and I learned that repeated damage to the same place can…

I appreciate the concern. Yes, I am doing low-carbing currently to hopefully help with the hormonal issues even if it doesn't cause weight loss (so much conflicting info on what to do for various issues, but I chose this to stick with for a month and see), but as I've mentioned in this thread I've been at this for months.…

Oh, sorry.. 2 hours after was always below 110, the 160 was after either the 30 or 45 minute mark. I was checking every 15 minutes to plot the curve, and that was the highest point in it. If I recall that was also while still digesting a carby meal but from which I'd also gone down a bit (with white rice if I recall). But…

Yeah, I'm 98% certain that hormonal issues are at play here. I was just hopeful for others who had gone before me to spill what worked for them. I guess it's a little unusual though. I will go to a doc(s)/specialist(s) in the future when there is more money available for that sort of thing. I am insured, but I have a high…

Yes.. I've tried snacking throughout the day (actually worse for me as doing that I seem to gain even more easily) and also intermittent fasting. That seems to work about the best, works better the longer I go between meals, but is hard and is the main reason for my wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey food diary. I've also eaten…

I'm 5'9" tall. The trouble with exercise is that I can start right after my period, but about mid-cycle (2 weeks in) I get tired and by 3 weeks in I am absolutely exhausted and I can barely do the minimum to take care of my family. My muscles hurt and ache all over (and not DOMS) and I just feel weak and tired. I guess…

Yes, I am low-carbing currently, or at least trying to, but even the frozen fruit and dry wine I've had recently seems to keep me out of ketosis, so I think I have to go very low carb. I don't know.. I've tried it before, and didn't work beyond 3-4 weeks, but maybe if I have long-term cycles.. I just don't know. I have…

Friday through Monday (previous) excepted as we were out of town (I put that in, but it was from memory), I log everything I eat, and I often weigh whatever I'm eating on the kitchen scales. I also try to err on the side of overestimating if I am not entirely sure. What I have logged is what I've eaten, even if it's…

Sapiosexual here, but as far as attraction -before- speaking to them, it doesn't happen often (I tend to "turn off" that part of myself when I'm in public) but it happens far more with men and women that show a little counterculture/an indication they might think outside the culture-box on themselves publicly - long hair…

Check out the Surinam toad if you want to tickle that fear. An animal that uses that sort of thing as a reproductive strategy... I always found it kinda ookie.