Paul Saladino· MD
when I was keto my bicarbonate was 18 it was below 20 almost all the time and now that I'm eating carbohydrates people can see my blood work it's always in the high 20s
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when I was keto my bicarbonate was 18 it was below 20 almost all the time and now that I'm eating carbohydrates people can see my blood work it's always in the high 20s
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often people who are doing ketogenic diets will see their carbon dioxide go down because there is some degree of sort of low-level metabolic acidosis