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Low carb flu

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Heath o

Heath o

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About 4 days in and getting low carb flu but nothing to major been trying to keep below 100 carbs and already feeling like I've lost weight and feel much healthier already have learnt so much of this group over last few days more than I have learnt over last 3/4 years, cheers guys
 
Well done, I hope your body adjusts quickly and you feel much better soon.
 
Hi Vince nice quote before started low carb the reading I had was 16.1 now it's down between 7.5 lowest and 9.0 highest best thing I've done on helping repair my health
 
Ljc said:
Well done, I hope your body adjusts quickly and you feel much better soon.
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Ljc said:
Well done, I hope your body adjusts quickly and you feel much better soon.
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Cheers Ljc very happy with it fetching my readings down feel like a new man
 
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I was lucky not to suffer from low carb flu, but many do. It will soon clear up.🙂
 
Hi mark it's not that bad stays 20 mins then goes it happens several times a day though
 
I've never heard of this. Low carb flu? I aim for 80g carbs a day.
I have had good success with the HbA1c.
Well done. Keep it up.
 
SadhbhFiadh said:
I've never heard of this. Low carb flu? I aim for 80g carbs a day.
I have had good success with the HbA1c.
Well done. Keep it up.
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Going to lower mine again it's coffee with milk that let's me down
 
I never experienced low carb flu or I certainly wasn't aware of it.
What I did experience about 5 days into dropping my carb intake to 60gr/day from God knows what, was an intense tingling in my legs.
This went on for around 5 hours one Monday afternoon and I started to panic.
However, after interrogating this forum I discovered that that is quite common and that is just my body adjusting to much lower sugar levels. It only every happened the one time.
@Heath o May I suggest you look at the Food/carb forum
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/
and the
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-did-you-eat-yesterday.30349/
Thread.
They are absolutely excellent with lots of ideas and guidance.
🙂
 
Vince_UK said:
I never experienced low carb flu or I certainly wasn't aware of it.
What I did experience about 5 days into dropping my carb intake to 60gr/day from God knows what, was an intense tingling in my legs.
This went on for around 5 hours one Monday afternoon and I started to panic.
However, after interrogating this forum I discovered that that is quite common and that is just my body adjusting to much lower sugar levels. It only every happened the one time.
@Heath o May I suggest you look at the Food/carb forum
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/
and the
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/what-did-you-eat-yesterday.30349/
Thread.
They are absolutely excellent with lots of ideas and guidance.
🙂
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I am glad I have had no tingling in the legs cramp in fingers and toes is bad enough but not had any of that since going low carb
 
Heath o said:
I am glad I have had no tingling in the legs cramp in fingers and toes is bad enough but not had any of that since going low carb
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Excellent My HbA1c was 78 at the time of diagnosis that didn't help
 
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