How to do the ketogenic diet wrong
There are literally hundreds of thousands of articles available that will tell you the correct way to follow the ketogenic diet. The very basics are eating less than 50 grams of carbs and 60 percent or more fat and the rest in protein. However, my aim for this article is to help you identify the signs that you are doing keto wrong!
Lack of energy
If you’re on a ketogenic diet and have no energy, you are most certainly, without a doubt doing something wrong. This assumes there’s nothing else happening in your life causing you to lose sleep. You should be in ketosis and one of the hallmarks of ketosis is having a noticeable increase in energy levels.
One cause of energy issues on a keto diet is that you are not hydrating enough. Another common cause is inadequate amounts of sodium, potassium, and magnesium. The most common one here is low sodium. While in the early phases of the diet the body dumps a lot of water leftover from breaking down glycogen in the muscles and liver and with it goes a lot of salt.
Take a pinch of salt, no kidding, directly into your mouth and eat it. You will probably notice a difference shortly. Then from there on out make sure you’re getting enough sodium in the diet.
