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- Type of diabetes
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I'm currently on day 5 of a 7 day fast and have managed to get into "proper" ketosis.
I have been measuring my ketones during my last few fasts but never got above 1.6 mmol/l and that was on the last day.
I couldn't figure out the reason for this so asked the "2ketodudes" Facebook group if they knew.
When I explained that I was drinking a lot of tea with soya milk they flagged that the soya milk could be casing the problem.
So for this fast I ditched the soya milk and have been using either lactofree full fat milk (less carbs than ordinary milk) or double cream thinned with a bit of water in my teas and coffees. I have also started taking a tablespoon or two of coconut oil mixed in with the coffee as well as the cream (kind of bullet proof coffee)
Day 1 I measured "lo" ketones on my meter (last time I had the soya milk was that morning)
Day 2 0.4
Day 3 1.9
Day 4 2.5
Today 3.5
Looks like the soya might have been the problem so it has now gone down the sink!
So far have lost 7 pounds as well so have got myself out of the plateau on weight loss too.. phew I knew it would be worth it.
I have been measuring my ketones during my last few fasts but never got above 1.6 mmol/l and that was on the last day.
I couldn't figure out the reason for this so asked the "2ketodudes" Facebook group if they knew.
When I explained that I was drinking a lot of tea with soya milk they flagged that the soya milk could be casing the problem.
So for this fast I ditched the soya milk and have been using either lactofree full fat milk (less carbs than ordinary milk) or double cream thinned with a bit of water in my teas and coffees. I have also started taking a tablespoon or two of coconut oil mixed in with the coffee as well as the cream (kind of bullet proof coffee)
Day 1 I measured "lo" ketones on my meter (last time I had the soya milk was that morning)
Day 2 0.4
Day 3 1.9
Day 4 2.5
Today 3.5
Looks like the soya might have been the problem so it has now gone down the sink!
So far have lost 7 pounds as well so have got myself out of the plateau on weight loss too.. phew I knew it would be worth it.