On 1/26/2012 12:12 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> So zero carb is hardly contrived,

I still think that's debatable over our evolutionary history, but for 
the moment let's assume it's reasonable for the sake of argument.

Have you, or any other zero-carbers on here, had any negative health 
effects from zero carb?  I've been experimenting with it this year, and 
it's making my heart run much faster than normal (70-80 bpm rather than 
50-60).   At first I thought it was coffee doing it, but removing the 
coffee did not solve the problem.  I tried adding a potassium supplement 
but that didn't solve it either.  Next week I'll see if sodium solves 
it.  (I'm changing only one variable at a time for a week at a time to 
see what happens.)  If sodium doesn't get it, I'll add back a few carbs 
and see if that gets it.

Note that this is not my first time on a low-carb or ketogenic diet. I'm 
not having any other notable symptoms other than the fast heartbeat.  
This is also a restricted-calorie diet (as all my other low-carb diets 
have been in the past), in case that matters.

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   Robert Kesterson
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