Thread: ketosis and super thirsty
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Old March 14th, 2009, 06:26 PM
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6 days in, I'm also suffering from insatiable thirst. I'm not worried. During the work week where I'm drinking water constantly from a bottle it's not really a problem, but I notice it at night. It was really bad today. I rode about 25 km along the Canal du Midi and I only had 500 ml water bottle on the bike. I tried to ration it, but I could only string it out about 17km. Since then I'm drinking water 8oz at a time, but thirsty again a few minutes later. I finally switched to Perrier because the plain bottled water my wife drinks developed a metallic taste that I never noticed before.

FYI, I don't eat bacon or put much salt on anything. Maybe a little on the morning scrambled eggs, sometimes.

Nothing real serious, I just wanted to see if others had experienced something similar and apparently this experience isn't unique. My lips are dry and may start cracking soon as well.
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