LCHF Question

Hi I've recently initiated a LCHF to keep my sugars normal with very little insulin use...so naturally I've been incorporating more fats like coconut nut oil olive oil Kerrygold butter brie/goat cheeses but once consumed my belly starts to feel odd kind of gassy and bloated. Did anyone else feel this way? I'm under 50 grams of carbs. Sugars are doing well. But after a meal my tummy looks so bloated..no lactose/dairy allergies. Any advice??

Thanks Ruby

hi
I actually took a probiotic for a week and should have included oat bran...when I changed my diet to LCHF

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQYZ6FbsmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYYnEAYCGk

No but you may be lactose intolerant as opposed to allergic and also gluten intolerant as opposed to coeliac. Hub changed to goats milk it cleared his bloating after dairy. When he took gluten out his diet post my reading Grain Brain (Dr Pearlmutter) his other bloating cleared after gluten snacks/meals

My wife gets an upset stomach from coconut oil also. Jimmy Moore in his Keto Clarity book says some people do, so they should start with small amounts of fats and get used to them gradually.
Just ordered a keton blood meter from the USA, a Novo Max. Very good price, I belive, $40 with two boxes of keton test strips. I couldn't find the meter in Europe.

rubydoo2840 wrote:Hi I've recently initiated a LCHF to keep my sugars normal with very little insulin use...so naturally I've been incorporating more fats like coconut nut oil olive oil Kerrygold butter brie/goat cheeses but once consumed my belly starts to feel odd kind of gassy and bloated. Did anyone else feel this way? I'm under 50 grams of carbs. Sugars are doing well. But after a meal my tummy looks so bloated..no lactose/dairy allergies. Any advice??

Thanks Ruby

Hi Ruby - noticed you'd signed in earlier, just wondered how things were going ?

Hope you found the replies helpful.

All the best Jan

Hi Jan!

So far things are going great...I love that I can eat a LCHF meal and not have to inject myself with insulin. My BS levels have been steadier than they've been in a long time. Occasionally my tummy feels bloated with cheese butters and oils but started taking lactaid before I consume my meals and has helped the bloating still doing g a lot of research and reading over the LCHF diet...I like what I've learned so far its encouraged me to become a certified diabetes educator so I can share this with my community.

Hi Ruby,
How do you become a "certified diabetes educator"? Can you tell us more about this.
sally

I would concur with Douglas Ruby, that you need to increase coconut oil slowly. It is a powerful healer and can trigger quite intense reactions in some people. Some find that it ramps their metabolism up and they get a faster or more pronounced heartbeat for a while until the body gets used to it.

If you are finding the lactaid helps, it could be dairy.

I also think that, especially for people who have eaten lower fat for some years, adding in all the extra fat too fast can be a bit of a shock to the old gallbladder. The body needs to get used to dealing with extra fat. It might help to find a digestive enzyme with lipase to help fat digestion. If your digestion is a bit sluggish, then one that contains Betaine HCL might help. If not, then try to get one without it.

Thanks @AliB for the tip about the coconut oil, that's useful to me too.

Hi Sally!
There are online accredited programs in which nurses or other medical personnel can apply for... Once these courses are completed successfully.. One final state exam is given.. If passed then that individual receives their certification as a diabetes educator. Every program is different.. Some might require some experience in nutrition of some sort while others may not.

It turns out I tested positive for H. pylori.. A gastric bacteria that causes abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion and so forth...foods to be avoided that exacerbate symptoms most fats except olive oil.. This explains why I've felt so bloated adding in coconut oil butter cheeses fatty meats into my diet. I must first resolve this issue before I can continue on the LCHF lifestyle.. It all makes sense now

rubydoo2840 wrote:It turns out I tested positive for H. pylori.. A gastric bacteria that causes abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion and so forth...foods to be avoided that exacerbate symptoms most fats except olive oil.. This explains why I've felt so bloated adding in coconut oil butter cheeses fatty meats into my diet. I must first resolve this issue before I can continue on the LCHF lifestyle.. It all makes sense now

I think that can possibly resolved with antibiotics.

graham64 wrote:

rubydoo2840 wrote:It turns out I tested positive for H. pylori.. A gastric bacteria that causes abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion and so forth...foods to be avoided that exacerbate symptoms most fats except olive oil.. This explains why I've felt so bloated adding in coconut oil butter cheeses fatty meats into my diet. I must first resolve this issue before I can continue on the LCHF lifestyle.. It all makes sense now

I think that can possibly resolved with antibiotics.

I'm no medical expert - but I'm sure I've read that this can be treated with antibiotics. Hope you can resolve it 'Ruby' do let us know how things progress. By sharing views, ideas, experiences it can help others too.

Thanks

All the best Jan