The Path is Too Deep

If you told the "Old Chris"—the one navigating life between heart attacks—that the "New Chris" would be actively salting his steak, drinking salty bone broth, and worrying about getting enough sodium, he would have thought you were trying to kill him. We have been conditioned to fear the salt shaker. For decades, the medical mantra for heart health has been singular and absolute: "Lower your sodium." We are told that salt raises blood pressure, strains the heart, and causes strokes. So, as a man with five heart attacks in his history, why have I stopped fearing the shaker? Because I learned that biology is all about context . And in the context of a clean keto lifestyle, salt isn't the villain. It’s the battery fluid that keeps my engine running. Part 1: The "High Blood Pressure" Myth (It’s About Insulin) The advice to cut salt is generally good advice... if you are eating the Standard American Diet. The Mechanism: When you eat a high-ca...

You’ve done it. You’ve read about the benefits, you’ve cleaned out the pantry, and you're a few days into your new clean ketogenic lifestyle. You’re expecting to feel amazing... and instead, you feel like you’ve been hit by a truck. You’re tired, your head is pounding, you feel foggy, and you’re weirdly irritable. Welcome to the "keto flu." The first thing to know is that this is not the real flu. It's not a virus, and it's not a sign that you're "failing" at the diet. On the contrary, it’s a temporary and completely solvable side effect that signals your body is making a massive, positive metabolic shift. In this post, I'm going to talk about what the "keto flu" is, the simple science of why it happens, and the easy, immediate fix to make it go away (or skip it entirely). Part 1: What Are the Symptoms? The "keto flu" is a collection of symptoms that can pop up anywhere from 2 to 7 days after you drastically cut your carbohyd...