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hey guys had another question from

someone that wanted to know what is the

ammonia smell coming from my body okay

doing keto in a minute fasting and I

have this interesting odor coming out so

let’s first talk about what ammonia is

ammonia is the byproduct of protein

breakdown it’s called protein catabolism

which is the breakdown of protein and in

a normal person with normal healthy

kidneys this ammonia should break down

into something called urea and be

excreted okay urea is a a less toxic

material ammonia is more toxic

especially to the brain and the nervous

system so if your kidneys are normal

okay you can make this conversion very

easily and there’s no problem however if

the ammonia builds up in the body it can

create not just an odor coming out of

your skin but problems with your mint

your cognitive function lethargy being

irritable seizures breathing problems

and even brain swelling it could be

quite dangerous

okay so that’s very interesting but now

what do we do about it well to figure

that out we have to know what causes

this buildup of ammonia there’s several

things number one either a fatty liver

or a liver that has cirrhosis that’s

scar tissue

because the capacity of liver to

function and detoxify this is not there

there by backing it up to the system

into the blood creating all sorts of

issues kidney damage okay so if you have

kidney damage or liver damage you can

actually easily get a buildup of ammonia

okay number three acidosis

some people get acidosis when they do

the ketogenic plan if they don’t do it

correctly because they’re missing out on

something called vegetables vegetables

counter the acidity from ketones now

when your potassium deficient

it’s called hypo Kalinina your kidneys

can start producing and excreting large

amounts of ammonia hmm I wonder what

food will increase potassium certain

side effects for medication and drinking

a lot of alcohol will also affect

ammonia probably because medication and

alcohol destroy the liver and the

kidneys and lastly a high protein

diet now if you have healthy kidneys and

a healthy liver you could probably

handle higher amounts of protein so if

you start noticing that your body starts

having this odor of ammonia could be the

liver it could be the kidney it could be

that you’re not consuming enough

vegetables or getting enough potassium

or your protein is just too high

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