The 5 Reasons for Stomach Pain on the Ketogenic Diet
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 14 October 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Why do you have stomach pain while on keto? Listen to this podcast to find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk about the five reasons why you may develop stomach pain when you start the |
| 0:25.8 | ketogenic diet. All right, the biggest reason is that you're consuming all these keto-friendly |
| 0:32.0 | desserts, or what's called keto bombs, which are these fat cookies, and they have sugar alcohols |
| 0:38.4 | in them, and you're sensitive to it. A lot of people, especially in the beginning, are |
| 0:43.0 | consuming those in large amounts, and they don't realize that their system has to adjust to it. |
| 0:49.0 | And little too much, it's going to create a lot of bloating and pain in your gut. |
| 0:53.8 | All right, number one, sugar alcohols. And this is very, very common. These are the sweeteners |
| 0:59.1 | that are low on the glycemic index, okay? So you have a rethritrol, xanatol, manatol, |
| 1:05.2 | maltatol. There's quite a few other ones, but here's the thing that they might not tell you about |
| 1:10.2 | these things. They can create a lot of bloating and distension and pressure and pain in your gut, |
| 1:16.7 | especially if you consume them in large amounts. And that's something that usually happens in |
| 1:20.9 | the beginning, because you're all excited, you start it, and now you realize, wow, I can have all |
| 1:25.2 | these keto-friendly cookies, and you start consuming them, and you start getting pain in your gut. |
| 1:31.2 | So that is number one, and it's very, very common. So I always recommend doing small amounts, |
| 1:38.4 | especially in the beginning, and see how it goes. Number two, there's too much fiber. You're not |
| 1:43.4 | used to it. You don't have the friendly bacteria to deal with actually seven to 10 cups of vegetables. |
| 1:49.6 | So if you're not used to it, start small and then gradually increase it, because |
| 1:55.6 | you can overload the microbes. It's just too many for the amount of microbes that you have. |
| 2:00.4 | They will adapt, but it does take some time. And there's also certain vegetables that you |
| 2:05.2 | may be sensitive to. For example, if I were to consume broccoli right now, even though I like it, |
| 2:10.8 | it would just cause so much pain in my gut for other people, it could be cabbage. So it really |
| 2:15.7 | depends on the person. So if you're consuming a new type of vegetable, that could be something that |
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