KETO side effects AND HOW TO COMBAT THEM

While many are prepared to give up their favourite foods to go into ketosis, the side effects can be more than they bargained for – even with the excellent weight-loss results.

These range from the usual suspects you’d expect when adjusting to a new lifestyle, such as the most common: keto flu (probably the first side effect), food cravings and constipation; to a few other somewhat embarrassing ones. But these are mostly easily resolved and short-lived, says registered dietician Kirby Hendricks from Alex Royal Dietetics in Cape Town.

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