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I think I have figured out the reason to the light-headedness I've experienced while at work during the day. I've been going for a zero carbs for breakfast and lunch diet with some good success. I'm not very strictly sticking to it, but at least a bit has helped me lose weight over the past year. (Although admittedly I have gained about 4-5 pounds back over the past month.) I can't go full keto and I won't even try. But this morning I had a pretty badass tandoori chicken burger sandwich for breakfast I'd bought yesterday at the grocery store's deli section and I'm not feeling any light-headedness by standing from a crouch.
https://bodypass.net/workouts/why-lifting-keto-dizzy/
I know there are a lot of zero carb folks on here. Any recommendations on minimizing this dizzy effect?
Just make sure it's related to your diet. I have also experienced dizziness / weird headedness on very low carb. But just fyi, there are crystals in our ears and if they get out of whack, they can cause a similar sensation. It's an easy fix, to get them back into place. An audiologist can test you to see if that is what's causing the problem and then fix it rather easily. But it is probably the low carb thing. Good to be aware, anyway.
Your body is accustomed to getting its energy from carbs. When you reduce them drastically, it has to get energy from fats and proteins. Generally, it takes around three weeks to adjust. If you "cheat" by eating carbs, then you'll start from scratch again. I've seen it suggested that you can help the process by drinking diluted (clean) sea water. That ensures that you get the necessary minerals. I haven't tried it but I think it would be better to add it to your cooking pot.
I take magnesium, zinc, K2, etc.
What helped me with that feeling, is a pinch of pink Himalayan sea salt on the tongue followed by a glass of water.
Interesting. I hadn't heard of that. Thanks for that.
It really works.... I've since started using Celtic sea salt... its expensive for salt but cheap for supplements ;)
Celtic. I'll look for it. Thanks.
Just came to say this. When fasting, one should do this as well.
Thanks fren for this link. Definitely explains what is happening to me as well. I am not zero carbs but definitely have cut down on carbs for a while now, and looks like this is a side effect in the intial adjustment phase. Hmm.
Added: And. for me drinking electrolytes (when I was really dizzy), eating some salty chips and adding a punch of pink salt to water has helped.
I recently bought some Himalayan pink salt that comes in a grinder. My wife and daughter enjoy the grinding. I read on this forum that white salt is not good, but I have no idea why not. Nevertheless, I did buy the pink salt and it's fun to grind, at the very least.
As a Eurofag I buy Zechstien Sea Salt with iodine, lovely!
Best salt, hands down.
https://redmond.life/pages/mine-to-table
I read a while ago (so I've forgotten) why exactly it's bad, but it had to do with a lot of junk being added back in. Same with pepper. If I didn't know better, I'd almost think someone was out to get us ....
The Morton's salt is complete purified which sounds good but what's taken out are the good minerals. the pink and other colored salts are colored by the minerals we need plus they taste better.
yikes. failing orthostatics is not good- i'd take a sitting then standing blood pressure and make sure there's not something more serious going on. if a drop in BP is just a 'normal thing for keto' then F that!
bless you guys, please take care.
we have a big group of keto fanatics here so I do not bother arguing it
I will say this. Weight is an indicator of potential health issues and a possible cause of health issues but not as important a metric as most modern societies make it out to be.
And two, the longest living groups of people (who also have average lower bmis) eat carbs as cultural and ethnic staples
Exactly! Low carb is a short term solution.
can't argue with a good diet and exercise.
I just wish they'd see that flirting with a loss of consciousness is an enormous, huge, fat red flag. aargh.