Be careful with the really low carb diets, especially when they don't include fiber. I was on one for 4-5 years and loving it until it messed up my gut, I got leaky gut, and started having food sensitivities. I also was being awakened in the morning feeling really hot and with a racing heart and mind. I found out it was high cortisol as my body produced glucose to keep things running. The high cortisol was messing me up in addition to waking me up.
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How did you know you had resolved the leaky gut issues. I’m assuming you’re cured since then
I am at least mostly cured. I increased my carbs and fiber. I took some supplements to heal my gut. I avoided the food I had become sensitive to. I fermented my own goat's milk "yoghurt" with special strains that help heal (from the book "Super Gut"). My gut is much better (less gas, more consolidated poop, more comfortable, less bloating). I am about to do a new fecal test and blood test (for the sensitivities) to hopefully verify that I am fully healed. My food sensitivities were hard to find. They weren't an instantly obvious allergic reaction. It was more like the food would cause some inflammation that would cause my joints to ache so I would toss and turn at night and not sleep well. It was very difficult figuring out which foods I had the sensitivities to, which is why I did the blood test, even though it can give some false positives.
Anyone with leaky gut also needs to avoid Glyphosate which leads to leaky gut. Especially avoid all non-organic soy, wheat, and oats (which obviously means avoid most restaurant and most processed food).
Thanks for this 🙏
Too much of a good thing?
thats why carnivore is better than just low carb....no leaky gut or food sensitivities