What it is Potassium is an essential mineral for our bodies, but also one of the most deficient
minerals in low carb diets.
Not exact matches
The severity varies from individual to individual, dependant on what high fat,
low carb foods you include
in your ketogenic
diet and their
mineral content.
However, even nutritional regimes that are widely considered healthy, such as popular Paleo - style
diets, may not supply adequate amounts of
mineral - rich plant foods to offset the reduction
in physiological pH that high protein /
low carb programs are known to induce.
Sea salt helps with healthy
mineral balance and electrolytes that are often out of balance
in the beginning stages of a
low carb diet.
We use eggs a lot
in our ketogenic
diet for both cooking and nutrition, they are a truly
low carb superfood loaded with healthy fats and essential
minerals.
A well formulated
low -
carb diet is high
in micronutrients (there are plenty of resources with more information here: KetoDiet Blog:
Diet - Nutrition)- this includes potential
mineral deficiencies and how to prevent them.