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Anyone had this?

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AuntieMaggie · 09/01/2013 17:31

I've had a dry throat for a couple of days and yesterday I had a temperature and felt really tired, like you do when you're ill and you can barely move your whole body. Feeling a bit better today but still really wiped. I thought it might have been carb flu as I'm doing low carb except for the temperature.

Anyone had this?

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Mylittlepuds · 09/01/2013 21:30

How low carb? You need carbs. Not having them can make you poorly.

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ripsishere · 10/01/2013 06:16

WTAF is carb flu?
IIRC, not eating carbs to a drastic degree causes your body to start breaking something essential down. Can't for the life of me remember what though.

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Mylittlepuds · 10/01/2013 10:13

It leads to ketones in the blood ripsishere. Even 90g carbs a day is considered low.