Cheated on keto

Had been feeling quite good so I cheated on keto today w a cheesecake at dinner and 3 hours later I’ve got burning neuropathy down both legs, after being burning free for a long time.

I mean knew diet was hugely important for me, but I’m still pretty amazed at how immediate and strong the correlation is.

I need some theories why it triggers me this much. Just an allergy to dairy? I had been dairy free, and it did cause immediate stomach discomfort. Or Is it that I’m feeding the bad bacteria, the blasto? I mean it has to be right? What else? Gut permeability? But then my gut is always permeable and if doesn’t react like this.

Post Edited (dcd2103) : 2/20/2021 7:08:45 PM (GMT-7)

Yeah I would think your nerves are just happier running on ketones

I have never been on keto, but in general, when you are experimenting with cheating, don’t try such a complex thing as a cheesecake. You want as few ingredients as possible to better understand what you react to, and start with a very small portion.

Neuropathy has improved. Woke up today w no burning. I hope this means my nervous system is learning tolerance! It used to be that when I had a flare it was a 3-4 day affair every time

I checked my glucose yesterday after you guys mentioned that because it made sense, and my glucose numbers were low 80s. Ketones I imagine will start going to down since I broke ketosis. I will test them

I’m thinking I may have a lactose intolerance I never knew about, as my stomach was very uncomfortable last night w bad gas burping and a loose stool. Or maybe the sugar fed the SIBO

i get flare-ups from breaking the keto diet

a single piece of baked goods will do it for me - basically, pretty much anything that has carbs in it seems to trigger brain fog, headache, fatigue - as well as some additional gut gurgling.

i think its the sugars/ carbs that seem to trigger it most in my case -

what's interesting is if i have just had to eat something because i was caught short away from home due to some unplanned event - and i haven't eaten in many hours - i seem more tolerant and get fewer symptoms -

whereas if i am in my normal routine but just opt to eat bread or rice or cake on top of my normal diet - then boom - i get it stronger

so it may be a blood sugar thing ( though my insulin sensitivity has always been good - so not that my blood sugar is suddenly going way high - more than any time it is allowed to rise at all i get symptoms )

could also be gut mediated - as if i eat something off-plan 1 time in a blue moon - i have mild symptoms increases - if i eat off-plan a couple of times in a row - then i get much more symptoms.

as if it's upsetting my gut more - maybe blooming of dysbiotic bacteria - or just normal commensals i react to - i dont know

some foods I tolerate better than others - eg Oats in small quantities are OK - like a tablespoon a day
whereas I think the same amount of bread would be a no-go - yet to my knowledge I do not have a gluten intolerance as such - no antibodies - or obvious reactions other to the carbs in general.

weird huh ?

Are you guys/gals on Keto unable to tolerate fruit?

I eat blueberries, apples, and bananas. I seem to do better with fruit in my diet than abstaining from it. It must be the fiber that slows down the glucose spike that helps out.

Mine too...my blood glucose levels have stabilized in low 80s. My A1C went from 5.6 (basically pre-diabetic) to 5.2 in the first 3m. Curious where it is now 2m later.

Spike of glucose(highly pro inflammatory), possibly retinol spike (check https://ggenereux.blog/ for details on this) or maybe herx from lactoferrin

Post Edited (Dmitry) : 2/25/2021 5:36:18 PM (GMT-7)