My partner (36 XX) is two months in to very strict carnivore, eating exclusively beef mince and grass fed butter. Total intake is 1-1.5kg been mince and 200-300g butter per day. The only beverage is water or Powerade (sugar free, acesulfame K, sucralose).

Her ketones on a blood meter are consistently low, maxing out at 0.2 mmol/L today. She feels tired, fatigued, and has burning in muscles suggesting lactic acid being elevated.

Just looking to see if anyone has seen something similar and if so what the solution was? Thanks

  • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    27 days ago

    You won’t get good answers here. There is no moderation and the community is populated with anti-meat people.

    If you want answers I recommend the reddit community https://old.reddit.com/r/zerocarb

    I would recommend against the Powerade. Nothing with an ingredients label is part of a zerocarb/carnivore way of eating

    • rowinxavier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Thanks for the reply. We ended up adding the meat broth recommended by PaleoMedicina and things are improving. It seems at this point that low fat levels may be part of the issue, so increasing fat intake is the plan for the next couple of months.

      • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Higher fat intake will increase ketone production. Broth is generally good, so it sounds like you got reasonable advice

        • rowinxavier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          21 days ago

          Yes indeed. We’ve increased fat, the meat broth is going extremely well, and symptoms are changing. My partner’s enetgy levels are increasing and their overall feeling of wellbeing is indicating a positive response, so we are sticking with the beef bone broth, beef mince burgers with butter, chicken wings with butter, and some supplemental B complex alongside cod liver oil. I think we have a good starting point, hopefully the next few weeks will show further improvement.