Hi
I’ve been on 800 cals per day for the last 10 days and have lost around 9lbs, which is fantastic and I’ve enjoyed the food, but over the last 2 days I’ve had a strange taste in my mouth. Hard to describe but almost a bit like a dehydrated mouth even though I’m drinking 3-4 litres of water a day (including going to a BBQ at the weekend where I only drank water!).
Has anyone had anything similar?
Hi JohnHys,
If you have been doing low-carb, you may well be in ketosis (which is a good thing!) but in the short term it can leave the mouth and breath smell/taste odd – sometimes described as being like peardrops or acetone. This is a result of your body burning fat rather than carbs. There are several posts on this forum which talk about ketosis and there are other groups/websites such as DietDoctor and The Keto Reset diet by Mark Sisson which will also give you good, sensible advice. The odd taste does disappear eventually.
Hope this helps and good luck.
SSB