On induciton, I found that eating zero carb snacks thruout the day
caused my headaches to disappear. I had prepared lots of beef, pork
and poultry snacks beforehand, so I'd get almost instant relief with a
slice of bacon and a glass of water. Also the chicken wings make an
excellent snack. Pork rinds didn't help much except to get over the
short term cravings.


Pj



On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:52:12 GMT, shuffle
wrote:

Hi all.

Can somebody please outline their experience with headaches during the
induction phase of low carb eating? I have just began my regime and I
figure yesterday my carb intake was about 18g. Near the end of the day
before bed I had a dull headache that I woke up with as well. I took
some advil and ate and it is better, but still there.

I have read that headaches are common in the beginning days but do go
away. Has this been a common experience?

I did expect them as all of my life when I have not had the time to eat
for prelonged period of time, I got headaches. I now see that likely
they are tied to blood sugar / carbohydrate intake.

I know headaches can also be attributed to lack of water consumption.
This was definitely not my problem - I drank a lot of water yesterday.

Just hoping they don't last for long. I am not stopping.