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High Triglycerides on Ketotic Diet?
So I went to my doctor to get a sense of my cholesterol situation. So my HDL and LDL are both up from prior. She is concerned about LDL and sending for more tests and she is suggesting possible statins which I will resist. The surprise is triglycerides - I think she said 2.34 (dont know what that means). Thoughts????
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High Triglycerides????
So I want to my doctor to get a sense of my cholesterol situation. So my HDL and LDL are both up from prior. She is concerned about LDL and sending for more tests and she is suggesting possible statins which I will resist. The surprise is triglycerides - I think she said 2.34 (dont know what that means). Thoughts????
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Coconut Oil - Going Liquid
I am in the last third of my current container of coconut oil. This container is doing the same as priors in that the coconut has moved from being liquid to being a mix of liquid and solid. Anybody else experience that? Reason?
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Nutiva Coconut Oil - Cheap at Costco - Experience?
I just found Nutiva coconut oil at Costco - roughly half price of other brands at regular retail. Anybody got experience with Nutiva products.
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Thinking my goal into existence - Transition diet to maintenance
I am half way to my goal (9 of 18 lbs). With any luck a month away. So this may be a little premature but... So I presently have a roughly 600 calorie deficiency. Once transition to maintenance I am guessing I will need to add back 500-600 calories. Thoughts? Beyond this - how to add. Presumably a small increase in carbs,…
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Saturated Fat - Daily Intake Target
Hi - I am seeking to identify I guideline for saturated fat on a daily basis. Hopefully a percentage based on something like body weight so that I can tailor it it. Anybody got any ideas on this one.
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Ketosis Dieting - High Fat and Low Carbs
I have been on a ketosis type of diet based on low carbs and high fat for roughly a week. I would appreciate any help from those of you are playing the ketosis game based on your experience. I have lost 4 pounds - I am guessing much of that is water so likely only say a pound of that is fat. I am well under 50 carbs a day…
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Dry eyes
I ave been doing ketosis for approx 4 weeks. I am getting very dry eyes and also itchy skin. Anybody else getting this? Is this due to lack of some mineral - magnesium, sodium, potassium, etc?
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Weekends - Out of Ketosis - Impact
I am finding weekends tough as I go out with friends etc. Last two weeekends I got knocked out. It comes back in a day once carbs get cleared. I am not super concerned about stalling weight gain but thinking about flip flopping from ketosis and back to carbs on a regular basis. Thoughts on impact?
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Potassium, Magnesium and Sodium
Hello I have seen various people post re need to take potassium and magnesium to avoid muscle cramps. I am taking a supplement now but got a doozy of a cramp last night. How much is needed daily due to ketosis. On sodium - I am eating a lot of bacon so getting lots of sodium but I have also seen a couple of posts re sodium…
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kETONIX ( Ketone tester breathalyzer)
I have been using Ketostix. I see many people using blood tests but I don't really like the idea of jabbing myself daily to monitor myself. I found Ketonix for $100 that does this based on breath analysis. Anybody here have experience with it?
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Hello - I'm a Newbie Here
Hello to all of you and Happy New Year. I am aiming to drop 15 pounds using a low carb - high fat / protein diet (a la Atkins). Good luck to all of you. Peter
