[quote]Doh wrote:
toocul4u wrote: penguin wrote:
Doh wrote:
Moon Knight wrote:
Doh wrote:
i’ve been on ad for the past 4 weeks. Lately, I’ve notice that my heart has been pumping harder and slower than regular. I’m concern as to whether or not this is the effect of a high fat diet and if i should stay off it. what do you guys think?
I’ve been keeping the amount of saturated fat i consume low, with a majority of fat coming from monosaturated and a decent amount of polysaturated from fish oils. I’ve been sticking to 55-60% fat per day as well.
Sounds to me more like a electrolyte balance and/or hydration issue. I have been battling something similar on and off for a year or two now.
I do not have a good answer as to what to do about it. I am still trying to work out the solution to my problem, though drinking more water seems to be important.
Low carb diets tend to dehydrate a person more than usual which, besides dehydration, tends to highlight electrolyte imbalances and possibly exacerbate them if certain minerals are being flushed more for one reason or another.
water intake shouldn’t be a problem because I make sure i get enough of it everyday. How does electrolyte imbalance affect heart ratE?
I don’t remember the exact reasons. I know it effects the electrical impulses of the heart…or something. (my memory fails me at this point). I’d have to do some research.
dehydration due to electrolyte/sodium imbalances can also mess with your blood volume and stress the heart. calcium is very important for heart contraction as well.
what should i do? should i cease this diet?[/quote]
Drink more water. Try limiting the additional salt you place on food and use in recipes. You might also try adding some supplemental potassium, especially during the week when you are getting fewer high potassium foods. Salt substitutes are an option too.
This past weekend was my first carb-up. It went well, but I’m sure I didn’t eat enough. Today I have had to literally force myself to eat. I just figured out what I ate for the day and it was half of the calories I should be getting in. I will drink a big protein shake before bed.
One of my issues is I crashed real hard. It lasted for about five days. Still today I had a slight constant headache. My stomach still feels almost like I had the flu.
Did any of you lose your appetite at first? How long before it came back?
[quote]Moon Knight wrote:
Doh wrote:
toocul4u wrote: penguin wrote:
Doh wrote:
Moon Knight wrote:
Doh wrote:
i’ve been on ad for the past 4 weeks. Lately, I’ve notice that my heart has been pumping harder and slower than regular. I’m concern as to whether or not this is the effect of a high fat diet and if i should stay off it. what do you guys think?
I’ve been keeping the amount of saturated fat i consume low, with a majority of fat coming from monosaturated and a decent amount of polysaturated from fish oils. I’ve been sticking to 55-60% fat per day as well.
Sounds to me more like a electrolyte balance and/or hydration issue. I have been battling something similar on and off for a year or two now.
I do not have a good answer as to what to do about it. I am still trying to work out the solution to my problem, though drinking more water seems to be important.
Low carb diets tend to dehydrate a person more than usual which, besides dehydration, tends to highlight electrolyte imbalances and possibly exacerbate them if certain minerals are being flushed more for one reason or another.
water intake shouldn’t be a problem because I make sure i get enough of it everyday. How does electrolyte imbalance affect heart ratE?
I don’t remember the exact reasons. I know it effects the electrical impulses of the heart…or something. (my memory fails me at this point). I’d have to do some research.
dehydration due to electrolyte/sodium imbalances can also mess with your blood volume and stress the heart. calcium is very important for heart contraction as well.
what should i do? should i cease this diet?
Drink more water. Try limiting the additional salt you place on food and use in recipes. You might also try adding some supplemental potassium, especially during the week when you are getting fewer high potassium foods. Salt substitutes are an option too.
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i never add additional salt to any of my food so my only source of salt would be from the sodium in the food that i eat. Come to think of it, i don’t think i get potassium a lot besides my multivit. I’ll see what i can do about that. thanks
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what should i do? should i cease this diet?[/quote]
Consider getting a doctor to check your heart, specifically an EKG would be useful (shows the electrical impulse pattern of the heart).
I have been on the AD for one month also and have experienced similar symptoms. I have a history of mild heart problems (my heart feels like it is skipping a beat, worse when I am stressed or not sleeping well). The EKG shows a “normal variation” that is not dangerous. I think it is happening because I have so much trouble sleeping since starting this diet. Maybe I also have an electrolyte imbalance…
Anyhow, you don’t want to mess around when it comes to your heart, especially when you’re on a “high fat diet.” Let your doctor know you started a “high fat diet similar to Atkins”, that’ll save you from having to explain the AD.
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
For increased fat loss, would it be ok to do 6 low-carb days and 1 carb-up day instead of 1.5-2 carb-up days?
I apologize if this has been covered in the thread already (which it probably has).[/quote]
The good Dr. P recommends the carb-up be between 12-36 or 48 hours, depending on the individual. Shouldn’t be a problem for you to just to a 1 day carb-up. I feel full up on carbs after about 24 hours of high carb eating.
I just restarted the induction phase on the AD this Monday due to messing the caloric intake up. Would you guys recommened holding off two weeks until next Saturday to do the fist carb-up?
[quote]Moon Knight wrote:
Maybe alot of you guys have already thought of this but I figure I’ll toss it out there.
Olives are a great fiber supplement on the anabolic diet. No carbs except fiber and a little healthy fat. Plus they are tastier than metamucil ;)[/quote]
Thanks for that. I don’t know why this never occurred to me before.
I looked it up and there are aruond 8g carbs in a full cup of olives and HALF of that is fiber. So only 4g carbs in a FULL CUP. And I don’t think I would eat that many in a sitting. Gonna get me a jat today! Those will go great with lunch/supper!
[quote]Jadar wrote:
Moon Knight wrote:
Maybe alot of you guys have already thought of this but I figure I’ll toss it out there.
Olives are a great fiber supplement on the anabolic diet. No carbs except fiber and a little healthy fat. Plus they are tastier than metamucil
Thanks for that. I don’t know why this never occurred to me before.
I looked it up and there are aruond 8g carbs in a full cup of olives and HALF of that is fiber. So only 4g carbs in a FULL CUP. And I don’t think I would eat that many in a sitting. Gonna get me a jat today! Those will go great with lunch/supper!
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that’s awesome!! are these green or black? or does it make a difference. I could eat a can of olives in one sitting…especially stuffed with cream cheese. mmmmmm
I am not sure if it makes a difference between green or black, or what species of olive we are talking about.
I was looking at large green Sicilian style olives. Several of the jars simply said 1 g of carb per serving, but the one jar I found that had fiber broken down said 1 g carb, 1 g fiber.
I guess (from reading Jadar’s post about there being 2 g carbs, 1 g fiber in the olives he looked up) that it may differ one variety to another. Bottom line though it is a very tasty low-carb fiber source.
I bought a jar of jalapeno stuffed olives and garlic stuffed olives the other day.
Olives- If you feel like making something tasty with olives check out this recipes I posted a while back for Olive Tapenade. It’s great on top of grilled fish, chicken or steak. It’s at the bottom of this page. http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1498939&pageNo=16
[quote]AlphaDragon wrote:
tmoney1 wrote:
For increased fat loss, would it be ok to do 6 low-carb days and 1 carb-up day instead of 1.5-2 carb-up days?
I apologize if this has been covered in the thread already (which it probably has).
As I’ve said before:
I’ve ALWAYS done 36-48 hour carbups and have lost fat at a rate of 2lbs/week. AND, 90% of the time, those carbups were UNCLEAN foods.
AD[/quote]
Personally I limit the carbups to 1 day and clean foods. I don’t know about you AD, but I have a tremendous appetite and have no problem doing some major damage on carbup days if I don’t keep it in check.
[quote]Chef Lisa Marie wrote:
Olives- If you feel like making something tasty with olives check out this recipes I posted a while back for Olive Tapenade. It’s great on top of grilled fish, chicken or steak. It’s at the bottom of this page. http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1498939&pageNo=16
[quote]greekdawg wrote:
AlphaDragon wrote:
tmoney1 wrote:
For increased fat loss, would it be ok to do 6 low-carb days and 1 carb-up day instead of 1.5-2 carb-up days?
I apologize if this has been covered in the thread already (which it probably has).
As I’ve said before:
I’ve ALWAYS done 36-48 hour carbups and have lost fat at a rate of 2lbs/week. AND, 90% of the time, those carbups were UNCLEAN foods.
AD
Personally I limit the carbups to 1 day and clean foods. I don’t know about you AD, but I have a tremendous appetite and have no problem doing some major damage on carbup days if I don’t keep it in check.[/quote]
Yeah, same here. At first, I ate a lot of junk on carb-up days, but now I restrict to one, maybe two cheat meals on the weekends, while getting some carbs in (oatmeal, pancakes and syrup, chocolate, etc.).
