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I’ve been on keto about 3 years. Lost a lot of weight, but not as much as I need to lose. Recently I have been struggling with staying on the diet, and I know I’ve been taking in too many calories, even if not carbs.

I have inhalers but I hardly ever use them. My asthma acts up if I don’t take antihistamines during allergy seasons, and when I get a respiratory virus. I have had some issues with asthma even since I’ve been doing keto.

I was really sick all of February and had to go on antibiotics and prednisone twice. Was this Covid-19? I don’t know. I had the worst dry cough I can ever remember having, and had a chest xray to make sure I didn’t have pneumonia. If I did have the virus, would I have had a more severe case if I had not been on the keto diet? That, too, I have no way of knowing. My daughter thinks so. She is also doing keto.

So, my asthma has not gone away, but it could have improved. Guess I really don’t know for sure.

I have been a dieter for most of my adult life (now in my late sixties), and keto is the only diet I have been able to stick to for any length of time. Just about all my numbers have improved except cholesterol, and I couldn’t care less about that. I think that’s bogus.

See books and articles by Dr. Nortin Hadler, MD for the facts about all the tests and pills pushed on us.