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Hey , guys .
In this video , I wanna talk about ketosis and constipation .
Now I wish it was , real cut and dry that it would always be this 1 thing , but it's it's usually a complex thing that could involve multiple things .
So I'm just gonna go through , some of the scenarios that that come up .
Most people think it's a lack of fiber that causes constipation .
That is absolutely not true .
In fact , a lot of the fiber that people consume even from vegetables , it's inciable , which means it's not digesting .
So adding more will actually constipate you more .
So if you look at what you did before , starting this plan and after , we wanna look at the big changes and we wanna evaluate each change .
And I'm not talking about constipation you had before doing ketosis .
That's a whole different situation which involves probiotics and a bunch of other stuff .
I'm talking about after the ketogenic diet , you started getting constipation .
What do you do ?
What do you look at ?
So we're gonna look at , the change in vegetable fibers .
Okay ?
The microbes live on fiber .
They will get overwhelmed easily if you have not adapted these microbes to this new way of eating .
So just like keto adaptation , you have to look at the adaptation of the microbes that have to evolve and grow to digest all these fibers .
Because if they can't digest the fibers , you're gonna have this all this cruciferous or kale shaking , you're gonna bloat , you're gonna get gas .
If that's happening , then you're gonna have to change the vegetables , that simple , to maybe something like , like just lettuce , spinach , other types of vegetables , romaine lettuce , something like that , to get your greens .
So just definitely look at that .
Other people have an issue with certain types of cruciferous like myself .
I can't eat broccoli .
It tears me up .
It will constipate me .
I can do lots of cabbage .
Other people cannot do cabbage , they can do broccoli .
You're gonna have to test it out .
I also recommend fermented vegetables simply because those are much easier to break down .
And , pickles are good , sauerkraut , kimchi , very , very good .
Okay .
So we have that .
And then we also have , you know , just the fat that you're eating and the protein .
In most cases , those 2 , types of macros are easier to digest than , the vegetable carbohydrates , believe it or not .
But it could be that you're doing too much fat that's plugging up the gallbladder and that is backing you up .
So if we look at just the whole digestive system , you have the ability to digest fats , proteins , carbohydrates , or or even fiber and just you wanna just check each 1 of those .
So so things to adjust are the vegetable , the type of vegetable , maybe too much fat .
And the other thing is that , when you start a ketogenic diet , you will sometimes lose a lot of water weight .
In the process , lose a lot of electrolytes .
So that's why I always like to add that back in there .
I highly recommend the electrolyte powder that I use because it has a 1 , 000 milligrams of potassium .
It has magnesium .
It has all the electrolytes and has trace minerals , no sugar .
That usually will help the elimination greatly .
So , even potassium in general is the electrolyte to help , with muscle cramps and colon cramping or , stagnant colon .
So , when you have more potassium , it helps facilitate elimination , as well as magnesium .
Those 2 are electrolytes that are really important elimination .
On a very rare occasion , I may have the person drink more water , but typically that's very rare .
That's not usually the cause .
But it's something to look at .
If you're eating drinking no water , you know , that could be a situation , but it's rare .
The other thing is that if you're doing too many nuts or even some seeds , which it's usually nuts or peanut butter , typically , if you're doing raw nuts , you're doing you're getting enzyme inhibitors , which means that that's gonna stop your digestion right there .
That could be causing the constipation .
So an experiment would be to germinate the nuts , soak them overnight , dry them out in the oven at the lower temperatures , and then consume them .
And you may find that that solves the whole problem .
The other thing is just to cut out the nuts for a couple days and see if that gets rid of the constipation because that could block and it also has insoluble fibers .
So you got the combination of enzyme inhibitors , and then you just can't digest the nuts because of the enzyme inhibitors .
And then , as far as dairy goes , quite a few people are have allergies to milk sugar lactose .
Okay .
So if that's the situation and you're bloating or you're not digesting this cheese that you're consuming , we gotta look at that as well .
So just kind of experiment .
If you have some dairy and you get gas or bloating , then we need to eliminate that at this time .
There are types of dairy that are low on lactose .
For example , lactose free , cheese , lactose .
Usually , cheese has very low amounts of lactose because the microbes consume that sugar .
And then they they basically you get more of a protein than you would get if you had actual milk or yogurt .
Casein is the protein in dairy , which , that's really high in hard cheeses .
And it's also , lower in soft cheeses and it's higher in Greek yogurt .
So , you know , if you're consuming too much of that protein , that could back peep people up as well , back you up .
So you might wanna try , try , goat's cheese or sheep cheese , which people can digest that much better than actually , cheese from cows .
So you might wanna try that as well .
So these are just things to look at in your , search to find a solution for constipation .
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