Taking control over your eating habits is a noble cause, but like most good things, it does require some perseverance. Verywell Fit explains that after the first few days of a low-carb diet, some people encounter a set of symptoms often referred to as "low-carb crash" or "keto flu". Harvard Health Publishing asserts that the condition has neither been recognized by the medical community nor substantiated by scientific research, but the phenomenon is widely discussed on the internet in articles, blogs, and online forums.
So while we can't say for certain why keto flu happens, Verywell Fit offers up the theory that it occurs when the body has used up the last of its glucose reserves, which are stored in the liver as glycogen, but has not yet adapted to getting energy from fat and protein.
Healthline explains that while some people kick carbs without any side effects, others have reported symptoms including nausea, headache, diarrhea, dizziness, weakness, muscle cramps or soreness, difficulty sleeping, poor concentration and irritability, and sugar cravings.
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Is Carb Withdrawal A Real Thing? - Health Digest
