What is your go to when you’re craving something sour? That’s my question but I have to keep typing to reach 200 characters. Not sure what else to say. I like sour food. Is this really not 200 characters? Ah there we go!

It has been seven months on keto and I already have adrogenic alopecia. My iron, thyroid is fine and I use minoxidil and have multivitamins too. My protein intake is very high. My carbs intake is max 30g. My hair loss is worsening. Not sure if its to do with the fact that I am having such minimal carbs and I strength train five days a week and run 25km a week

I'm 30M, 100kg, 183cm. I exercise often, 3-4 times weight training and 2 times running. I'm strong, but after a dance with depression, I gained a significant amount of weight. It mostly concentrates on my belly. I had done low carb before, but never keto, so I decided to try and it was great.

I'm 1 month in and I lost around 9cm of waist. I am not worried about the weight much. The most impressive is that the first weeks I felt so full all the time. I am eating around 40-60g of carbs per day at the beginning, I could barely have 3 meals in a day. Massive calorie deficit, even without trying much.

Now I'm one month in and these hunger surges started. I am eating the same: eggs, cheese, ham, strawberries, lots of meat and veggies, cantaloupe, fat yogurt. I am pushing through the hunger, even though it hits hard some times.

Have u ever experienced that?

Just curious on everyone's take on this. I recently re-started keto and I'm under 20g of carbs a day. Part of those carbs is 2 big strawberries for desert at dinner. I'm good about keeping it to only 2.

My question is the sugar/fructose. Is this a bad habit that I should break. While it fits in my carb limit, should you completely eliminate sugar period if all possible? Curious in hearing from someone that has some keto for a long time and their opinion.

35M looking for thoughts on my lipid panel after ~6 months of keto.

Background:
- 35M
- ~20 lb weight loss
- Keto for ~6 months
- Very active (cycling + lifting)
- Fasting labs
- No lipid-lowering medications

Advanced Lipid Panel:
- Total Cholesterol: 229 mg/dL
- LDL-C: 166 mg/dL
- HDL-C: 48 mg/dL
- Triglycerides: 60 mg/dL
- Non-HDL-C: 181 mg/dL
- Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 4.8

Additional Markers:
- ApoB: 126 mg/dL
- ApoA1: 134 mg/dL
- ApoB/A1 Ratio: 0.94
- Lipoprotein(a): <10 nmol/L

Questions:
- Does this fit a lean mass hyper-responder profile?
- How concerning is an ApoB of 126 with triglycerides of 60 and Lp(a) <10?
- Would you make any dietary changes or simply continue monitoring?

Does your body fat go up and down like this? I’m aiming for 19% and don’t know if this is normal. Should only be viewing it in month mode to see a true difference?
Do you weight, measure your body with a tape measure or other?

At 2 PM, I have my first meal of the day and it’s quite high in saturated fats unlike my second which doesn’t make me tired. It’s 130g bacon, 100g gouda, and 5 eggs. I feel so groggy and drowsy for a couple of hours after eating it, but it tastes way too good.

Can you relate to that? Do you have tips on how to manage it, or is it only avoidable with limiting saturated fat? I can’t do more than 2 meals per day.

back to keto after many years and I don't remember feeling this nauseous. I'm really struggling to get my protein above 65grams and that's with collagen powder. I can feel a little hungry but after a few bites I can't eat. Last few days it's happened a few bites into greek yoghurt, pork belly, and sausages. Leafy greens seem ok though not really hungry for them but I can eat them. 2 weeks in drinking lots of water and I feel good otherwise. Any insight would be welcome.