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solarbang

I'm interested in Keto, but I have a medical condition that makes my legs swell with salty meats.

Hey everyone. My first post to r/keto please be gentle. lol. I have lost a bunch of weight recently through other methods. I'm looking for something knew and am interested in this diet/lifestyle, but I'm not sure if I'm going to have a problem. I have "venous insufficieny." Basicly my legs have trouble pushing the blood and lymphatic fluids back up my body and to my heart. This causes them to swell when i eat salty things (Ham, Bacon, and Sausage). These are all things I love, but I used to eat sandwiches and subs before. So I'm wondering if this will help and I will lose weight and be rid of this problem / more manageable, or if this will result in my legs swelling really bad and be a bad idea.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Edit #1 to clarify after thinking about it more, it's anything salty, Cheese also. A lot of the things one would enjoy on this kind of diet.

Edit #2 I just wanted to see if anyone else out there had my problems and could shed some light, but now I feel while some have been helpful, some people are being critical of me. Really sucks for my first post for information / help before embracing the lifestyle you guys already live.

I think I'm going to continue with the raw foods and weight loss since it is working with the occasional burger and experiment as some have suggested. I'm not sure I can find my answers here and don't really want to keep being picked apart. I thought you guys would understand, I was wrong. I just thought maybe since I seen so many people helped by reddit.

Thank you for those who were helpful and not condescending and those who asked for more information instead of lashing at me with what you had. Understand I didn't expect any of you to have the answers. I just "hoped" one of you would. I'm perfectly ok with I don't know or a lack of answers, especially before condescending remarks.

Posted Jun 24, 2012, 4:37 AM UTC · edited

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