What Causes 'Keto Breath', The Bad Breath from Ketosis on The Ketogenic Diet | New York Post

It seems like more and more people are jumping on board the ketogenic diet every day. While it may help them lose weight, it also has a less pleasant side effect — seriously bad breath from ketosis known as 'keto breath'.

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Carnivory, the millennia-old practice of surviving solely on meat, is experiencing a resurgence among health nuts, tech guys and conspiracy theorists. The World Carnivore Tribe Facebook group boasts 14,000 members, and Reddit threads on the topic are buzzing. Popular controversial author and psychologist Jordan Peterson and his daughter, Mikhaila, are fans, dining exclusively on beef with salt and soda water. Dr. Drew Pinsky, the celebrity doctor and podcast host known as Dr. Drew, recently lost two notches off his belt when he went full carnivore for three weeks. “I’ll be goddamned if within three days I didn’t feel unbelievable,” he tells The Post.

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Bloodsthirsty followers shun the food pyramid and go beyond popular low-carb diets such as paleo and keto, which are often the gateway to the meaty lifestyle. Zero carbs are consumed, and people subsist solely on red meat, and sometimes a bit of pork, chicken or fatty fish. Proteins are cooked simply, sans vegetable oil, though some carnivores allow for a small amount of dairy consumption, such as heavy whipping cream or butter. Meal plans vary, but some carnivores swear by grass-fed beef and its heightened levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Others opt for biweekly feasts on nutritionally dense organ meats. The lifestyle can be pricey, but Statham notes it can be done on the cheap with fast food and the like.

"Lowcarb diets make you stupid and give you bad breath"

The low-carb craze is going strong. Bread is out. Pasta is overrated. And dieters are experimenting with how low their carb intake can go. But grains are anything but all the same. So whether you are cutting out refined grains, whole grains or carbs in general, the effects can vary widely. Here’s a look at the wide array of things that happen when you ditch the bread bags:

You lose water weight

When you reduce your carb intake, the first thing you notice is how quickly, even magically, the weight falls off. But it’s not fat you’re losing. It’s water. “When carbs are stored in the body in the form of glycogen, each gram of carbohydrate stores three to four times its weight in water,” says dietitian and strength coach Marie Spano, RD, CSCS. So as soon as you cut carbs and start using your glycogen stores, you’ll lose a good amount of water weight.

You catch the ‘low-carb flu’

“Carbs are the brain’s main source of energy,” says Spano. “When a person cuts down on carbs, the brain is running on fumes, especially as glycogen stores get low and become depleted.” Eventually, once all that glycogen is gone, your body breaks down fat and runs off of little carbon fragments called ketones. The result: bad breath, dry mouth, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, insomnia, nausea and brain fog. Basically, you feel like you have the flu. Eventually, your body adapts to running on ketones so you don’t feel so bad, but they still aren’t your body’s preferred fuel source, says Spano.

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