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<blockquote data-quote="Fatimshaider_" data-source="post: 1507174" data-attributes="member: 410591"><p>Hi all, </p><p>I am 34 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with GBD about 2 months ago. Since then i really cut down on carbs and sugar in my diet and was also put on 1500mg glucophage per day. I monitor my blood sugar levels a couple of times a day and they have been more or less under control (average under 100 when fasting and depending on the food i eat, the random blood sugar ranges from 115-140. There have been a few times when sugar has gone up to 170 or so, but those have been rare cases). I recently got my HbA1c test done and it was 5.1, which my doctor was really happy about. However, i also got a urine test done, which shows my ketone levels at 5. My doctor showed a little bit of concern at this level and said i need to increase my fluids and not starve myself (which i have not been doing, just avoiding carbs and sugar). When i looked up this level of ketones on the internet, it seems really, almost dangerously high. I am just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation. How does one remove ketones without adding carbs to the diet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fatimshaider_, post: 1507174, member: 410591"] Hi all, I am 34 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with GBD about 2 months ago. Since then i really cut down on carbs and sugar in my diet and was also put on 1500mg glucophage per day. I monitor my blood sugar levels a couple of times a day and they have been more or less under control (average under 100 when fasting and depending on the food i eat, the random blood sugar ranges from 115-140. There have been a few times when sugar has gone up to 170 or so, but those have been rare cases). I recently got my HbA1c test done and it was 5.1, which my doctor was really happy about. However, i also got a urine test done, which shows my ketone levels at 5. My doctor showed a little bit of concern at this level and said i need to increase my fluids and not starve myself (which i have not been doing, just avoiding carbs and sugar). When i looked up this level of ketones on the internet, it seems really, almost dangerously high. I am just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation. How does one remove ketones without adding carbs to the diet? [/QUOTE]
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