Yes, I add 1/2 teaspoon of Xylitol and 1/8 teaspoon Stevia to each cup -- tea or cocoa. I'll try eliminating cocoa (which I have first thing in the morning) and just have one tea in the morning and one later if I need it.
Thanks for the clarification, ST. I knew about the cocoa but wasn't sure about the tea. So maybe the loose stools were being caused in part by the xylitol? Experiment a bit and let us know (if you want).SeekinTruth said:Yes, I add 1/2 teaspoon of Xylitol and 1/8 teaspoon Stevia to each cup -- tea or cocoa. I'll try eliminating cocoa (which I have first thing in the morning) and just have one tea in the morning and one later if I need it.
SeekinTruth said:Just thought I'd mention that yesterday I had quite a bit of extra fat in the form of 3 butter teas and 3 cups of cocoa (two with coconut oil and one with coconut oil AND butter). Couple of unusual things I noticed: first, I'm not having loose bowels from having even more fat (for quite a while I was reaching the limit of fat intake before loose bowels would start). I also had extra fat the previous few days, but not as much as yesterday.
The second thing is that my urine smells weird, reminiscent of the first few weeks I was keto adapting. I wonder if you eat more fat than your body can utilize and having somehow rectified undigested fat in bowel movements, I'm urinating ketone bodies out? The other thing is that I've been smoking twice as much as usual, especially yesterday and today. Wonder if that had something to do with the lack of loose bowels from all the extra fat intake. Kinda strange, FWIW.
Gawan said:Seekin, are you on the leptin reset diet by Dr. Kruse? If, it could be an explanation:
Laura said:[...]
Will this have any affect on my pee or poop? Yes it will. With time, your pee may smell like cat pee. If this occurs, increase your B complex vitamins to 2-4 a day, and your vitamin C intake to 2000 mg a day. Your poop should be followed using the Bristol stool chart. Yes, I even evaluate poop.
hesperides said:SeekinTruth said:Just thought I'd mention that yesterday I had quite a bit of extra fat in the form of 3 butter teas and 3 cups of cocoa (two with coconut oil and one with coconut oil AND butter). Couple of unusual things I noticed: first, I'm not having loose bowels from having even more fat (for quite a while I was reaching the limit of fat intake before loose bowels would start). I also had extra fat the previous few days, but not as much as yesterday.
The second thing is that my urine smells weird, reminiscent of the first few weeks I was keto adapting. I wonder if you eat more fat than your body can utilize and having somehow rectified undigested fat in bowel movements, I'm urinating ketone bodies out? The other thing is that I've been smoking twice as much as usual, especially yesterday and today. Wonder if that had something to do with the lack of loose bowels from all the extra fat intake. Kinda strange, FWIW.
I experienced an easy transition to keto diet with fat the first 5 months. Then I started to have now and then loose bowel and thought the culprit was Vit. C and/ or Magnesium. I didn´t worry then about reducing fat amount because I had had such an easy transition without symptom that I thought my body had already switched into definitive ketosis mode, which just showed to be wishful thinking. The truth is I felt so great that I didn´t want to cut back on fat, (in spite of the many red flags raised on this issue all along this thread), in fear this would cause me falling out of ketosis. Two months later I finally decided to cut fat amount at 50%, then added more fat accordingly to my craving, and haven´t got further loose bowel since then. So, patience pays off! I don´t know if this relates to your case, Seeking Truth, but as I was eating too much fat, my urine also started to get a strong smell that disappeared as soon as I cut fat off. I know you don´t have loose bowel, neither did I for a long time, until it happened finally. Just a thought, in case you think this could apply to you.
I´m also smoking more since I started the keto diet. I relate it with fat consumption, because I specially like smoking several cigarettes nearly all in a raw after drinking tea with coconut oil or butter, but don´t know if there are other implications involved here, although in my case it could well be I´m overdoing a bit. I really love the pleasant psychological sedative effect of smoking after ingesting fat.
That's a good idea to cut it out and reintroduce it. Thanks Okajil! I might try that one of these days.Oxajil said:Scarlet, yea, it surely has its benefits. If it works for ya, I guess it wouldn't be harmful to continue. If you want to, you can always skip it for a week or so and reintroduce it, and see what happens. And ST, I wouldn't know what's happening, maybe somebody else would know!
What brand is this and where did you order it? In the past I've enjoyed an afternoon "milk chocolate" made of the same ingredients (1TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder + stevia + water + ice) and now that the weather is warming up it's starting to sound nice again.Gandalf said:And my pure 100% cocoa powder has no carbs in it. So it can vary quite a lot.
Scarlet said:What brand is this and where did you order it? In the past I've enjoyed an afternoon "milk chocolate" made of the same ingredients (1TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder + stevia + water + ice) and now that the weather is warming up it's starting to sound nice again.Gandalf said:And my pure 100% cocoa powder has no carbs in it. So it can vary quite a lot.
I'm going to look for it. Thank you, Gandalf!Gandalf said:The brand is Camino and I bought it at a health store.
Jones said:Just thought I'd post some blood test results.
Vit D (25-hydroxy) 79 nmol/L (>75)
My Blood Pressure was apparently good too. I didn't make note of it though.
Serg said:Hi all. I want to say a few words about changes in my diet. Also I'm reading this thread and read only a little part of it.
I never like to eat a lot of bread.
I literally start feeling my body more; I don’t know how to express it correctly. I realized how much products contain gluten or dairy . It almost everywhere. I'm eat only buckwheat, potato, beans, meat, lard, fried eggs (I preferred fried) sometimes cabbage and some fruits.
My family and some people around think that I read some and 'look into one direction', so to say, plus my positive attitude to tobacco. They say people eat bread and drink milk for ages, and that whole world live like this and eat like this and I try to change the way the whole world live, and was living for a long time.
Nevertheless, what about nuts, strawberries, raspberries, apples, pears, plums, grapes, etc. which are grown around me, and soon will be a gathering season of the some of them. As I understand, it is strongly reccomend to control the intake dose of them.
Puzzle said:Serg said:Hi all. I want to say a few words about changes in my diet. Also I'm reading this thread and read only a little part of it.
I never like to eat a lot of bread.
Hi Serg,
even only a little bit of bread (= gluten) is too much. Gluten, dairy, sugar and various additives need to be completely eliminated, so the body can begin to heal. After a period of time, several things like for example nuts can be re-introduced to test whether there are adverse bodily reactions or whether they're okay for you to eat. But even more important, make sure to read all the material (like this thread here) and the related recommended diet books on the topic, so that you know what you're doing in adapting to a high fat-low carb diet.
I literally start feeling my body more; I don’t know how to express it correctly. I realized how much products contain gluten or dairy . It almost everywhere. I'm eat only buckwheat, potato, beans, meat, lard, fried eggs (I preferred fried) sometimes cabbage and some fruits.
If you keep eliminating the evil stuff from your diet, you can expect to be feeling your body and its reactions even more intense. Detoxing over a period of time does seem to restore the body's natural instincts as to what is good for it in terms of food and what is not.
As far as I understand, buckwheat also contains some form of gluten, potato is a nightshade and could act inflammatory, while beans contain lectins = antinutrients, which can inhibit various processes in one's body.
My family and some people around think that I read some and 'look into one direction', so to say, plus my positive attitude to tobacco. They say people eat bread and drink milk for ages, and that whole world live like this and eat like this and I try to change the way the whole world live, and was living for a long time.
Maybe it helps to be aware that what you relate above is mass programming in action, based on ubiquitous disinformation on what is healthy and what is not. IOW, don't be influenced by ignorance, and, over time, maybe your changes and living by example will inspire others to look into the subject of nutrition as well. But don't hold your breath. ;)
Nevertheless, what about nuts, strawberries, raspberries, apples, pears, plums, grapes, etc. which are grown around me, and soon will be a gathering season of the some of them. As I understand, it is strongly reccomend to control the intake dose of them.
Yes, the objective is to switch from sugar/carbohydrate metabolism to fat metabolism, which can only be attained if carbohydrate intake is kept below a certain level (I think Dr. Lutz recommended < 70g) and fat intake is being increased a lot (while protein remains moderate). But again, there's lots of science here which you need to work through before making any dramatic changes. However, cutting out gluten, dairy and sugar completely is a good place to start. :)
Serg said:Puzzle said:As far as I understand, buckwheat also contains some form of gluten, potato is a nightshade and could act inflammatory, while beans contain lectins = antinutrients, which can inhibit various processes in one's body.
Hi Puzzle, :) Thanks for reply.
It's bad news about buckwheat :(. As I understand, in order to fully eliminate gluten, I had to stop eating buckwheat. If I do it there wil be nothing left for me to eat, only meat and lard, but with what I can eat it? It'd be great if there would be some products list. :)