Well the lady in the chemist is wrong to tell you that!!!
Lipotrim say no adding of anything.
Get the salt out for defo. No need to add salt to anything really
No plenty of people do add stuff to the soups and it doesnt affect them, each to their own and if it helps you to stomach the soups or shakes and isnt affecting you then fantastic but im more concerned with the fact that your chemist would tell you its fine to add something when its not. There's so much difference between them all it bugs me lol
Spent hours today looking into this and there a few select spices that can be added that won't take you out of ketosis. It seems the primary reason for "dont add anything" is that the bland flavour is deliberate to keep you from thinking about other food, so no curry powder in my soup and im not going to crave a curry therefore less likely to slip. Also the obvious that it's not regulated.
Also does seem these can only be added in powder form and not flakes, and definately not in excess or you tummy will suffer and harm your weight loss.
I guess each to their own, but I know if i thought it would increase the chance of me slipping i'd rather be safe than sorry, it was too bloody hard to get in to ketosis in the first place!
As it happens there is no chance i'll slip as i'm such a competitive bugger and doing this with a friend so i'm going to enjoy my spicy soup
I completely agree that it's a problem when pharmacists tell you diffferent things....mine told me that my redbush and vanilla tea, and peppermint and liquorice tea were fine, but I was concerned they might not be, so I e-mailled lipotrim, and no, they were definitely not ok to drink!! Argh - I'd have been really upset if I'd been drinking for a while when I found that out!
I tried adding just the tiniest bit of pepper to my soup this evening - and it made such a difference - having really disliked it on the other two occasions I tried it, I really enjoyed it!! I'm still in ketosis at the moment, but I guess I need to check again in the morning.....everything crossed!!
And I'm going to try a flapjack tomorrow....and from what I've heard, I'm not going to get too excited about it!! Wish me luck....haha x
salt and pepper is fine........... nothing else.
Ham shouldnt kick you out of ketosis and will probably do no harm except maybe make you want more - but stay strong and don't give in
According to LT salt and pepper is not fine.