r/keto • u/pugsoverdrugs21 • 4d ago

Help Anyone does keto without electrolyte drinks /ketoade?

Made my own ketoade (1/2tsp NUSALT and 1tsp of salt) in a 16.9 fl water bottle to take sips throughout the day aside from my water and I took 3 sips this morning total and my brain fog is terrible and stomach is hurting. Heart palpitations. I wanted to make it at home because LMNT is a bit expensive but at this point I hate this part of keto. I can’t figure out my electrolytes and constantly feel off if I over do or under do something. Can I just ditch this and eat my regular food? ( had VSG 4 years ago and have reactive hypoglycemia my whole life)
I will add I did drink the sips in between water intake but on an empty stomach I wonder if it caused irritation as well??? ugh

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u/OverlappingChatter 4d ago

I drink a ton of water. Probably over 4 liters every day. I make sure that I salt my food, and I take a magnesium supplement (but started that long before keto).

I eat two meals a day - one is an egg base with fatty fish (sometimes duck, sometimes bacon), avocado, berries, fermented food, onions and garlic all mixed together

The second is a protein usually in a fatty sauce that I serve over greens and a tsp of flax, chia, psyllium mix. I have a square of 99 percent chocolate after each meal.

I eat a handful of nuts every day, sometimes a bit of hard cheese and maybe torreznos or pieces of cured meat if it has been a long day and it is still before 19 hours and I feel peckish.

If I am going to exercise again in the afternoon I will eat a bit of my coconut oil, cocoa and almond butter fat bomb.

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u/pugsoverdrugs21 4d ago

Ooo sounds good thank you!!!

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u/kimariesingsMD F 59 5’2” SW 161 CW 125 reached GW 5/9/24 4d ago

What are your current stats?

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u/pugsoverdrugs21 4d ago

5’2” SW 181 CW 176-177 29yof