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Ketones were 3.4 in the morning when BGL was 5.9 (BGL then rose to 7.5 but that is normal for me). The other time, the ketones were 3.8 in the afternoon after I'd been gardening and my BGL was 8.2

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I test waking up, before meal and 2 hrs after meal (I eat 3 meals a day), and before bed. No I stopped using insulin in January. I had been taking 40 units of Lantus until i started low carbing last August. I started Metformin last September. I take 1000mg in the morning

When the ketone readings were higher. My blood glucose is normally between 5 and 5.9 but this can go up to 6.5 the week before a period

No fasting and was feeling quite ill when they were higher in the morning

I should add the ketone readings were 3.4 and 3.8

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