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If my morning didn't start until 15:00 or so. Not sure when I went to bed, sometime between three and six? Or... so. A cooler day, again. Strange, but I'll take it. Just getting to 78 in the front room, the hottest part of the house. So I am not using ac, and won't be. I'm cool at this temp, almost cold. Not... an unhealthy sort of cold. Just... some... strangely comfortable sort of cool.
A shower shortly. I took medicine. And am having a fatted coffee. No sweeteners. Blood sugar is still elevated, that without having sweeteners of any sort for a full day now. Though, now I am becoming suspicious of the bitters. I am still using the alcohol based bitters. I do believe that may well be the problem.
What does alcohol do to ketosis? It ends it, then keeps it from being functional for a while. There is so little alcohol in it, and I am taking so little, I didn't think that would be a problem. I may be wrong. I do have non-alcohol bitters. But, that container is only good for six weeks after opening it. And it has to be refrigerated. Still, the next time I plan on using bitters, it will be that. I will write the start and stop date on the thing. Just... helps when my brain gets fuzzy.
The food I have been eating isn't the best, though, either. I think the storebought is much worse than the burritos from the "fast food" place. Those don't seem to bother blood sugars as much. It was staying around 220, when eating their food. But also when drinking sweeteners. The sweeteners, when otherwise eating keto/carnivore, will keep blood sugar around 220. So... it... wasn't the bitters, to be honest, or the burritos. It's the storebought food, though maybe being aggravated with the alcohol based bitters? Only one way to find out. And... I am doing that.
Today is carnivore food day. Eggs, most likely. Five or six, without much else. Fried medium to medium well. Hopefully with just a bit of yolk, but most of it cooked. I like some yolk juice. Oh, and I suppose I could have a tin or two of mackerel. That, honestly, is what "kipper" snacks are.
Oh, and I need to get a shower. Then redo the wound dressing. It is improving. I want to try to push through, keep on that. It is difficult. A bit tired. Trying. Later.
Had bitters on my list, but didn't spend too much time in the booze aisle. Couldn't find it easy and was really tempted by other stuff... I left. I'll hold off for your experiment, for now.
ReplyDeleteCool. Though, I have to admit? I'd seriously recommend non-alcoholic bitters. Even if it doesn't draw you back in? And, yes, I get that. I was... almost tickling back with... "just a little peril?" Well, and seeing what I could get away with. Even if it didn't draw you in, it will end any ketosis, thus fat burning, you have going on.
ReplyDeleteI was able to skate by the want/need for more. However, my blood sugar started going up and up and up. Wasn't sure exactly what that was, but am pretty sure it was the alcohol in the bitters, the first batch I bought.
So, I firmly recommend you go with alcohol free. In just one cycle of skipping those bitters, using the other stuff, I dropped forty points of blood sugar, all else being equal.
Ketones are what will help you burn fat. Without it, you'll live on carbohydrates. It's just how it goes.
I will admit that the non-alcoholic bitters are... much more bitter. But, the taste, while a good bit worse, doesn't last almost any time at all. While the alcohol sort of stuck around for... half an hour to an hour.
Take my word for it, or not. And, your mileage may vary. But I guarantee, if you use the alcohol, even just the half dropper dose at a time, you will kill ketosis. No way around it. That part you just can't win.