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Lemon, Salty, Sour cravings?

11K views 14 replies 9 participants last post by  Shanny 
#1 ·
I'm about 5 days in to LCHF, and about a week into taking lisinopril. I've also recently started exercising (last week--walking 4x/wk.) For the last several days I've been craving salty/sour stuff. That's not totally unusual for me since I love sour things (lemons, pickles, etc.) But what is unusual is that the craving hasn't gone away after 3 days.

I don't know if its a vitamin deficiency, side effect/result of metformin or lisinopril, because of the LCHF diet or because of something else related to the diabetes. Just wondering if its just a fluke or if its something I should be concerned about.

Thanks in advance for any advice or feedback! :)
 
#3 ·
Aha, I didn't know that about the water weight. Thank you Shanny! :) I had read that LCHF'ers need more sodium, but I don't know if the sour craving is related to anything? I dont know if I'm craving salt because i'm craving sour, or if I'm craving sour because I'm craving salt (or both!). I'm getting lemons and pickles today. :D
 
#5 ·
BH has made me chocolate fat bombs and recently lemon/lime juice fat bombs. Might be able to put salt and lemon juice in a batch, that might get you by.
 
#9 ·
Mmm, I've been drinking beef or chicken stock, heated in the microwave, and add some salt to it lately. In fact, tonight I think I'll squeeze some lemon into the chicken stock and add some HWC and make myself a cheater version of greek egg-lemon soup (which I can never pronounce correctly, much less spell).
 
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Jade! I never heard of avgolemono until now & it's already keeping warm on the stove! I cheated too . . . just combined HWC & beaten egg yolks, then stirred them into hot chicken broth with lemon & butter added. It's incredibly satisfying and satiating, if that isn't redunancy at its finest! :D I'll love you forever for introducing me to this glorious concoction! :hug:
 
#15 ·
I gotta make more tonight because I'm just drinking the last of the first batch. 'Course I halved the first batch until I knew if we'd like it, but now I suspect I'll double the next batch since OWC likes it too. :D

Here's the half-batch recipe:
1 qt. chicken broth - brought to boiling
1 cup HWC
3 beaten egg yolks
3 - 4 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup lemon juice
pepper

Whip together the cream and egg yolks. Gently add a bit of the boiling broth to the cream/eggs, to temper the eggs. Then combine the whole thing, and add the butter & lemon juice. Season as needed - mine didn't need anything - the broth was salty enough & I didn't use pepper because I didn't want specks in my 'soup', although I may add white pepper to future batches.

When I heat each cup, I give it a whiz with the stick blender to emulsify the butter.
 
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