You know that feeling. When someone gets a stomach bug. All you want to do is burn everything they may have come in contact with. Unless it's your kids, don't burn them. But you know that bug spreads like crazy. And it's one of the worst 24-48 hours of your life. Every rumbling or weird feeling in your tummy puts you on high alert.
Sometimes you escape, other times you don't. But you know the cycle. As soon as you think you might get it, you cut back on your food intake to prevent a large upheaveal of what's in your system. In the event you do catch the bug, it's inevitable that you will lose just about everything in your system and deplete all your glycogen stores. You will be tired, sluggish and feel awful. By now you've probably been fasting for about 36 hours. You don't want to eat anything because you are afraid of it coming right back up. After about 48 hours your bug has passed and you are trying to find something to eat again. But what's weird....it's hard to choose what to eat. So many of us think it's because we are still sick. But I think it's because we really aren't hungry. I think our body took care of itself and by the start of that third day with extremely limited calories we started using our stored fat and produced ketones for fuel. At this point your body is in a state of ketosis and is burning fat. This is totally natural and healthy. You've gotten through the hard part of switching from carb burning to fat burning via a stomach bug.
So next time you get the stomach bug...that 8 pound weight loss is not all from puke and shit. You've actually started burning fat and it is a great time to continue onto a keto diet! Don't go back to BRAT, Bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. There is NO evidence to say this has any benefit. It is outdated and moot. If you aren't hungry...it really is ok not to eat. If it's been 24-36 hours and you feel like you can keep something down, start with water. Get some electrolytes in you. But don't add carbs or sugar. If you want solids...try scrambled eggs or chicken. Eat something with healthy fats and low carbs in it that will sustain your fat burning.
Just something to think about to bring a light at the end of the tunnel for a stomach bug.
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