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Amazingly enough, when I switched to low carb after a lifetime of very
high
carb, I did not experience any withdrawal symptoms whatsoever. I felt
fabulous from day one.
I attribute most of that to the information I had about mineral loss
during
the switch-over period. I supplemented sodium, calcium, magnesium and
potassium. Many people who don't do this wind up sick. One man I
spoke with
had bouts of arrhythmia during Atkins induction, and his doc put him
on a
heart monitor and heart meds. I told him about potassium loss and he
just
cyber-nodded and said his doc knew what he was doing. A week later he
still
hadn't supplemented any potassium and was still on meds. I haven't
seen him
online since, and I assume he quit low-carbing. Quite sad.
Denise
In a message dated 9/15/00 5:07:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< Food is a drug. It is one of the most powerful drugs we put into
our
bodies. People who have been high carbing for years will initially
struggle
when they begin a low carb diet. Their bodies are used to a glucose
based
fueling system. It takes time for their bodies to adapt to a ketone
and
protein based fueling system. For the average person switching over,
it's
going to take a week or two before their bodies adapt. The
transition phase
usually sucks and people will have headaches and other withdrawal
symptoms.
I think it's definitely worth the switch though. Sometimes things
have to
get worse (temporarily) before they can get better (permanently).
Justin Hasselman >>
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