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going back to the cortisol story is that when people go keto they will drop their insulin now it takes the body a little bit of time to adjust to the electrolyte levels and people will have trouble holding on to salt if they're going from a high insulin state to a low insulin state so they'll need to up their salt intake and they need to watch that carefully once you get fat adapted your body generally gets better at holding on to salt
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the electrolytes are a little tricky you know electrolytes are an interesting thing it does seem like when people transition to keto and I know you were keto or keto like before you went carnivore it does seem like when people transition to keto they often have some electrolyte changes a lot of people maybe not eating enough salt when insulin drops we don't hold on to Salt enough when we're salt deficient our magnesium gets a little off then the potassium gets a little off
so for a lot of people for keto flu and for the transition to keto or carnivore they need to just really pay attention to how much salt they're eating
and so the easy fix is make sure you're getting enough sodium and if people are having trouble with you know elevated cortisol levels potassium wasting because of high aldosterone they may not know this from doing lab tests but if they're feeling off you know flu is a lot of electrolyte yeah yeah and so by having a robust electrolyte regimen when you're doing a ketogenic or a carnivore or a ketogenic carb or diet is a great thing to do because people are getting cramps they're getting problems with you know potassium deficiency or magnesium deficiency or sodium a lot of this has to do the way that our body shifts the minerals on ketosis and we have an increased need for salt
if you don't have at least phasic meaning spikes of insulin throughout the day or throughout the week you're really not going to be able to hold on to electrolytes at the level of the kidney as much as you want to and that's why so many people on ketogenic diets do more salt and electrolytes than i've ever seen in my whole life it's crazy
This is why I think so many people on ketogenic diets end up having to increase their salt to massive levels because they're not having enough insulin signaling at the level of the kidney.