So, our refrigerater/freezer hasn't been working properly. We had to throw out most of the food in the freezer. I had recently bought a pound of organic ground beef, and Tues night I needed some meat so went to check it to see if it had gone bad. I figured I'd only had it in there about 7-9 days, and while it's not freezing, it's much colder than the fridge... so maybe it's still good. I smelled it. Smelled fine. I cooked up a little with some eggs. Tasted great.
Yesterday, I woke with bad stomach ache and the room spinning. Actually spinning. Even with my eyes shut it felt as if my head was physically being swung around. I immediately sat up in bed and all returned to normal. I found lying right back down was causing it to spin so just stayed upright awhile. I felt extremely nauseous and like I might vomit. My husband and I immediately pegged it as food poisoning. I was hungry but more thirsty, VERY thirsty. So I drank a lot of water. I opted to force a vomit to see if it felt better. It did, temporarily. But lying down produced another spin. So I had to stay upright. I continued to feel very thirsty, drank a lot. And forced (I think) one more vomit. Then decided I needed to keep everything down from here on out. I was still very thirsty, despite drinking a lot of water. I looked up my symptoms and discovered that with my diet, and potential for diabetes, that I could be having a diabetic issue. I'd never been checked for it, but my diet has been so poor, and so high in sugar, and sugar carbs for the last 10 years that I had been wondering for awhile if maybe I should be checked. So now I was thinking, "whoops... maybe should have been sure about my status prior to doing a low carb (and currently NO carb) diet".
Eventually in my googling I found out about a urine keytone test kit over the counter. I managed to drive a little ways over to Walgreens to buy the test. When I got back and tested, it was at the highest level (out of 6) of keytones in the blood (Large). This made me very nervous. All my research, however, pointed at the dangers of high keytones when a person is diabetic. I couldn't find anything about high keytones in a non-diabetic. After much time and consideration, I opted to eat a little bit of carbs. Had some oatmeal last night. This morning I've had a bit of Quinoa. I'm still drinking a lot of water, but today, I do feel better. Less nauseous, only a little nausea left. And my head is only slightly dizzy.
My morning test was still "large". But I thought it might be because I was sleeping for at least 4 hours straight (I continually awoke during the night due to the large quantity of water I had been drinking), and maybe it was just the overnight readings showing up. But my next test later in the morning also showed large quantities. I'm figuring this is something that takes a few days to reduce. I've read up on large keytones and have worried about the acidity overwhelming my body. I'm now officially OFF the zero-carb /nut portion of the diet. I will still keep the carbs/nuts to a minimum, but will be consuming small amounts each day, as I test the keytones. I've also read that fat adds to the keytones, yet other sources recommended coconut oil. I'm guessing it's meat fat that is problematic, but not sure. Indeed, I was enjoying two pieces of organic bacon each day... sort of my treat. I knew it was not recommended, and now I think I know why. Too much fat. The fat in coconut oil, however, is supposed to regulate keytones. Will do more reading.
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