immune system taking a knock on keto

Picked up a slight infection 3 days ago on DJ Keto diet. Can imagine due to lack of veggies and carbs.

Any recommended sups,vits or minerals to take without reducing the keto affect?

Anyone also experienced this while on keto diet?

Nope. Fit as a fiddle and in 3rd month of keto. Go get ascorbic-acid (vit-C) from ur local pharmacy. Its 500mg a tab and costs around R20 for 30 or something like that. I take around 2000-3000mg daily but when feeling cold or fluish I bump up to 5000mg/day. Split the dosage x 3 a day.

cool then I'm good, already doing that.thanks MCj.

How much have you lost so far? Bodyweight and BF%?

Increase vitamin c to 2000mg a day, and a multivitamin bud,also its flu season aswell,I was man down for 2 weeks on a normal balanced diet.

regz wrote: cool then I'm good, already doing that.thanks MCj.

How much have you lost so far? Bodyweight and BF%?

I don't have anyone nearby to measure BF% nor do I have a caliper yet so don't know. Lost about 3kg's bodyweight. Have lost NO muscle size and look much leaner. Going to continue up untill I cycle.

ey I started klapping 10g a day when I felt it coming on.

Which multi do you recommend?

Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but doesn't your keto diet include quite a bit of greens?

Very active adult males can only absorb like 3000mg of vitamin C per day at a push so no need to have more than that and 5000mg would be a definite waste! Rather just take 500mg with rosehip 4 times a day.

Any comprehensive multi should be fine

If you jumped into a training routine after a period of extended rest, you are likely to experience some very annoying cold / flu symptoms. Try ease yourself into your training to allow your body to keep up.

nope there is a fiber supplement used in a keto diet, greens contain carbs, carbs(other than from fiber) can knock you out of ketosis... for a healthy individual 3000mg a day is perfect,but when the immune system drops adding in an additional 2000mg to help with combating flu wont be too much of a waste. in my opinion that is.

Didn't realise keto was that strict... damn!

I still disagree with incorporating such high vitamin C dosages, but its cheap and safe, and I'm not a doctor, so I won't steer this thread any further off topic

Good luck and get well soon regz!

Thanks for tips fella's.

I came across the vitamin c therapy watching a local tv slot with Patrick Holford, who recommends at the onslaught of a cold or flu take 3g and then 1g every hr thereafter on the first day. Then your normal maintenance dose of 3-5g a day thereafter.

I've done it a few times and does work. When it's a real bad one,the symptoms the next day are not as brutal.

Check this link out http//www.patrickholford.com/index.php/blog/blogarticle/855/

DJ wrote: nope there is a fiber supplement used in a keto diet.

What's that fiber supplement called DJ?

psylium husk bud.