Please, experienced locarbers -- how do I cover up this FUNKY breath? It's so bad I can taste it!! I have to be in close contact with my colleagues -- I pity them!

Karen

eat more parsley and dark green, leafy vegetables and drink more water. This may help

Cheers
Monique

How about sugar-free breath-mints?

hi cupieKaren ..

Ketones are the desirable result of fat-burning, as you know. There are FOUR ways to use them up and/or get rid of them from your body-

• Burn them as fuel
  
• Excrete in the stool via the bowel
  
• Excrete in the urine via the kidneys
  
• Excrete in the breath via the lungs

If you are testing dark with the ketostix, and the "Dragon Breath" is alienating your office mates, it's a sign that the first three things listed aren't as efficient as they could be...

Burn them as fuel - exercise, especially resistance or weight-lifting will do wonders!

Excrete via the bowel - Blood vessels lining the colon add or remove fluid from the waste matter. If you're constipated all the time, basically ketones and other wastes in the blood are not able to be absorbed into the stool for elimination. Are you getting lots of fiber, and drinking plenty of fluids to keep the bowel moving along regularly? If you're not already doing so, consider a fiber supplement, such as sugar-free Metamucil or plain psyllium husks. Or ground flax seeds.

Excrete via the kidneys - Flush those ketones out! Don't let them accumulate and concentrate; it will work against you in the long run. The presence of large amounts of ketones accumulating in the bloodstream will signal the body "Hey, there's plenty of fuel here already, don't need any more!" and the fat-burning will slow down (or stop) until the supply of ketones is diminished. So, drink up!

Excrete via the lungs - Ketones circulate in the bloodstream. They are never in the stomach, so eating parsley and the like won't really be helpful as it is for strong foods like garlic, onions, etc. (eating fresh parsley and green veggies is desirable for the FIBER though, so do indulge). Probably drinking more water so your kidneys do the bulk of the excreting will be the best "cure". Sugar-free breath mints or gum may help temporarily, but my personal experience is that all you end up with is bad breath with a minty tang .. .. Brushing and flossing your teeth frequently also helps, and you can even buy mint-flavoured floss!

hope this helps

Doreen

Thanks Doreen and all

You're a doll!

I have been slacking on the water the past few days. I will get back to my 3-4 liters a day.

I would love to exercise, and often do go to aerobics, but induction has left me feeling tired and weak at the moment--not in the ideal condition to go and jump around for 30 minutes.


Karen

All those are wonderful ideas to help with the keto breath but.... I don't call it keto breath I call it kid control hehehe

I often find myself tired and lacking energy, especially on the days when the sun don't shine....which is almost all the time here on the Wet Coast....sigh....and I know exercise can help correct that, but it's hard to get motivated. So I'm trying to focus on 'low-energy' exercises like walking. Even when I'm feeling fairly draggy, I can easily walk for half or 3/4 of an hour. This is probably something you can do on induction, even if you're not at your best.

Rachel

Try Callanetics. You can split the excercizes up to a few aday or do them all in an hour. They are zero impact excercises that tone deep in the muscle groups.

http://www.callanetics.com/

this thread helped a lot. Thanks

I've never been one who could do aerobics, especially when I started this woe. Soon into it I found much more energy, but still didn't like aerobics.

I've found resistance training (less loaded term for using weights) to be a geat way of getting exercise, building fat-burning muscle, feeling better in my body and losing inches. It's also a good way of getting your metabolism up while being able to dole out your energy. If you're afraid of "bulking up" take a look at the gallery for another member of the forum, Built.

Plane Crazy

ohhhhhhhhhh how i hate the bad breath part of this WOL.
I live on gum as I work in close proximity to people.
And if i'm dining with someone, i am one to grab the parsley off my plate and chew it.

Y'know, I'll take ketone breath over sugar-fed plaque breath any day.

Definitely water, brush your teeth more often (probably good anyways), and I've been flossing a lot lately. Been meaning to pick up some Listerine, too

But hey, at least ya know Ketosis is working lol

Bad breath < fat