I very rarely use sweeteners. A literal dash of skim milk in my coffee is pretty sufficient.
I brought it up because of the Monster and probably crystal light? Both of those use sweeteners.
And you need full fat versions of EVERYTHING. Real butter, heavy cream,full fat mozzarella/cheese, normal Ranch dressing. Anything "lite" or "skim" usually has reduced fats
and increased carbs. So make sure that you're eating the good stuff, it's one of the perks of this diet!
For those of you who have been on this, I haven't really seen anything in my reading about sodium intake with this diet. Have you guys had to watch out for that or really paid any kind to that?
You'll need to watch your electrolyte balance and make sure you're taking in enough sodium and potassium. Most people see that they need more sodium in their diet than they did before and that they need to watch potassium, too. I get really bad leg cramps if I don't get enough potassium, which never happens when I'm eating carbs. But when I'm following keto, I replace regular table salt with
No-Salt for breakfast and lunch, and then for snacks and dinner I make sure that I add some
Lite Salt to increase sodium intake as well.
There's a lot of sodium in processed foods, but since most of them are also full of carbs you'll notice your intake can drop significantly. If you're not getting enough sodium, your body will flush out potassium to get salts (potassium chloride is a salt) which also lowers your potassium intake. So add in extra salt on top of your food and potassium supplements (or the No-Salt, that works great) and track track track! Also, /r/keto has been mentioned, I believe. But if you missed it, that's a great sub-reddit devoted to keto as well full of useful information.
