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This has happened to me a few times. I suddenly felt sick at work and ready to vomit. I went outside to get some air and thought I was going to ralph all over company property. Within 5 minutes, the feeling vanished and now I feel better than I have all day. My body seems to have kicked into a euphoric state of super-ketosis. This has happened a few times before, but I'm not sure what triggers it. Anyone have similar experiences?

flag	asked Aug 25 2011 at 19:35 JoeT 11●1

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Coconut oil does that to me. Are you eating it? Otherwise I'd say super ketosis and if that's the case it will get better (assuming you are relatively new to ketosis?) – Shari Bambino Sep 8 2011 at 21:05

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Welcome to pure awesomeness. Nausea is a small price to pay for that amazing energy! – Cody Oct 20 2011 at 21:18

Happy Now · Answer 1 · 2011-10-20 21:52:25Z UTC

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Here's my guess: Vomiting or near vomiting for any reason is stressful, the burst of energy was an adrenalin rush/endorphin high.

answered Oct 20 2011 at 21:52

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cliff · Answer 2 · 2011-10-20 23:03:56Z UTC

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Sounds like hypoglycemia followed by an adrenalin rush. Basically your blood sugar dipped super low which made you feel like throwing up until your body finally made glucose from protein releasing adrenalin/cortisol, hence the energetic feeling.

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	Is this my body's way of telling me to eat more carbs? I am VLC and for a while was eating mostly meat, some greens, and no fruit. I have added more veggies recently. – JoeT Oct 21 2011 at 17:22
	probably, i would experiment with some fruit and find out. – cliff Oct 21 2011 at 17:43

Domtx008 · Answer 3 · 2012-06-06 20:11:17Z UTC

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Was this preceded by zinc supplementation on an empty stomach? made that mistake a few times.

answered Jun 6 at 20:11

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I wish they'd put that on the label.. – orust Jun 6 at 21:42

Karen · Answer 4 · 2012-06-06 21:18:07Z UTC

I suffered from this so badly as a child/teenager - terrible nausea in the lunch queue at school or worse, the morning after partying with friends I'd wake early, not eat, no-one else would wake till noon, I'd still not eat, be hanging over the toilet-bowl sure I was about to throw up when suddenly that nausea would completely disappear, not leaving me euphoric sadly, but feeling dreadful. In fact I now go to huge lengths to avoid any kind of blood-sugar lows of this sort - regularly eating plenty of top-quality protein and fat, and cutting out processed carbs, though not going too LC has done wonders for this problem but it does put me off ever fasting for long. Maybe I'd become used to it but I can't forget how terrible it felt, glad I'm not the only one.

Kelly · Answer 5 · 2011-08-25 19:44:07Z UTC

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well that seems odd!! You say you are in ketosis? are you under eating??

answered Aug 25 2011 at 19:44

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	I don't use ketostix or anything, but I'm pretty sure I'm in Ketosis because I eat mostly meat and green vegetables. I don't track calories or %'s, but I am probably in the VLC camp. I don't think I'm under eating; I only eat twice a day, but they are two big meals, and my exercising mainly consists of walking...nothing strenuous. – JoeT Aug 25 2011 at 20:08
	Joe it might be helpful to people if you post more specifics, a days foods and quantities, your weight, height and any other pertinent information to go on....somethings off here...are you on meds or herbal supplements? wondering if they might be clashing with something... – Kelly Aug 25 2011 at 22:23

Kelly · Answer 6 · 2012-06-06 21:00:36Z UTC

If you're new to ketosis, it's not uncommon to have low blood sugar nausea at first. Once you're body is keto-adapted you won't notice it at all and the great feeilng will be continuous.

I generally find that entering ketosis after a long time out (months) upsets my GI tract initally, but if I go in and out on a regular basis, I don't even notice it.

David Moss · Answer 7 · 2012-06-06 21:29:43Z UTC

Within 5 minutes, the feeling vanished and now I feel better than I have all day. My body seems to have kicked into a euphoric state of super-ketosis.

I suspect that this isn't due to a euphoric state of super ketosis, but rather due to the fact that, at least in my experience, if you feel sick and vomit or nearly vomit then you normally feel a lot better afterwards, even if you don't actually vomit anything up. I don't know what the hormonal explanation for that is, but it seems a more likely explanation. Now all you need to explain is the random nausea. I'd probably suspect that it's just a bug or something. You're unlikely to get any weird symptoms just because your diet doesn't have enough bread in it anymore.

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