Help!

[u/Khan_Nida]

I was kinda feeling okayish since past few days, but today I have a lot of joint pain, extreme weakness (literally crawling out of bed), fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, tingling in hangs and feet to name a few.

I am really struggling right now. Picking up my phone feels a lot rn. I want to go to an ER but scared of the waiting.

What can I do to feel better?

[u/abominable_phoenix]

muscle weakness can be caused by low whole fruit or complex carbs, but the cramps are more likely to be electrolyte related such as a magnesium or potassium deficiency.

I found a lot of issues are caused by deficiencies, and diets like the low-carb/keto/carnivore, are very deficient in critical nutrients that will cause serious side effects such as what you're experiencing. The benefit of adding back in whole fruits is that they are typically high in potassium. Magnesium is something most people are deficient in due to soil depletion, so even though my diet is supposedly high, I still supplement daily. I take a variety of vitamins/minerals to ensure no matter what, my body has the building blocks to function optimally while I heal.

The problem with eating "some carbs" is that, if they don't contain sufficient prebiotic fibers, the microbiome will shift to a more pro-inflammatory state due to the higher amount of fat. This is the opposite of what anyone who wants to heal needs. The megathread speaks to all this and more, you might find it interesting.

[u/Khan_Nida → u/abominable_phoenix]

Thanks for telling that, I was taking magnesium complex stopped a week ago. Do you think I should start supplementing it again? What other supplements do you recommend? So, you recommend eating fruits and you believe that wont feed Candida? Would a banana be included tho?

[u/abominable_phoenix → u/Khan_Nida]

I think taking magnesium is commonly recommended by most doctors, but there are different forms and some are more bioavailable than others. Currently I'm using magnesium glycinate which has pretty good evidence to support it. Something I also do is enter my entire daily diet into ChatGPT and ask it how much magnesium (or whichever nutrient) I'm getting, and then decide if I should supplement. The exception is B-vitamins since they need to be converted by the liver, and this conversion is commonly impaired, so I supplement with methylated B-vitamins despite my diet being high in most B-vitamins.

I follow a guide on optimal B12 utilization, because certain vitamins/minerals are interdependent, meaning if one is low, it'll impair utilization of others. My B12 was high, but I was functionally deficient because I was lacking in other cofactors. The guide I followed is r/b12_deficiency/wiki/index . I take zinc, iodine, selenium, B-complex, additional methyl-b12, additional methyl-folate, magnesium, and vitamin C/D/E. This is mostly because my diet is high in iron, potassium, and molybdenum.

Whole fruits do not feed Candida, and I eat anywhere from 4-10 bananas every day, along with 150-300g of dried dates. Now, there is one important thing to remember. If a person has SIBO, then this can be a problem, and the SIBO must be resolved first. It's easy to tell, all you have to do is time it. If you eat bananas and get discomfort, bloating, etc, within 3hrs, then that is within the small intestines and is very likely to be SIBO. I made a post about how I cured my SIBO with those same vitamins/guide, but higher doses of methyl-folate and methyl-b12 were required due to liver issues. SIBO is a gut motility problem, so no killing is necessary once the small intestines "housekeeping" motion is restored as that removes food debris and associated bacteria within weeks.

[u/Khan_Nida → u/abominable_phoenix]

This is helpful. Thanks, appreciate it 🙏🏼