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4.3 this morning, 16 hours fasted.

Coffee Early: Last of my flaxseed bread from the freezer toasted with almond butter. Yogurt and a spoon of crabapple jelly. Later: Pork sausages, salad with hm hummus for dressing. Macadamias.

4.7 again this morning. I seem to be stuck on that number! No I don't taste them although I remember the first time I made an effort to 'go into ketosis' I was aware of them on my breath for a week or so. Over time measured levels seem to settle down and there's very little excess/spilling.

Coffee. Early: Scrambled eggs, sauerkraut. Pomegranate juice - a DIY attempt at fermenting some. It still tastes a bit too sweet, so just had a small glass. It was nice and fizzy. Lunch: Salad w walnuts and blue cheese dressing. Later: Roasted spicy chickpeas, few corn chips. Matcha tea.

FBG 4.7. I'm not measuring ketones because I'm almost out of testing strips.

4.3 glucose and 0.9 ketones at 6.30 am. My throat was sore last night so I had a spoonful of manuka honey before bed and another around 1.30am. I thought my glucose might have tested higher as a result but instead it looks like my ketones took a hit. :) All good.

Yesterday Coffee. Early: 3 poached eggs on toasted flaxseed bread. Walnuts. Evening: Lamb chops, asparagus, hm yogurt and berries. Today Coffee. Early: HF Sheep's cheddar, hardboiled eggs, bacon, broccoli sprouts, macadamias. Later: Making pizza for my family, so I will make a lc version for...

Doctors who take a ketogenic diet and fasting approach (like DRs Jason Fung and Mindy Pelz for example) say they're not comfortable seeing ketone levels over 7. I've never seen over 6.1 and this has been during an extended fast when I reached a level of therapeutic ketosis. In nutritional...

Glucose 4.2 (Ketones 1.3) at 6.30 am.

Yes, a dual meter can be helpful for fasting. I use a Freestyle Optium Neo from Abbot. When glucose levels dip low with fasting (or carbohydrate restriction) it's reassuring to see the ketone level rise and know your body is happy burning fat. You will know this anyway based on how you feel...

FBG 4.4 (Ketones 1.9) @Outlier I struggled to decide whether I should give you a rainbow the bear (hug) or an award! Hope your week stays on this positive path... :)

I was away a couple of nights. Anyway, I ate well. Numbers stayed good. So, today. Coffee -I'm making it progressively weaker, and enjoying it more. How strange! So long as it's more coffee tasting than dirty dishwater tasting...it stays. Early: Steak. Avocado. Hibiscus tea. Later: Poached...

Some people have found having apple cider vinegar (in water) in the evening lowers their morning fasted blood glucose. I haven't read Dr Fung's article on vinegar but I've seen youtube videos from various sources describing how the acetic acid signals via the stomach for glucose to be directed...

It's easy to caught out with the different numbers. The same sometimes for glucose measurements!! Your Hba1c is measured in mmol/mol, and LittleGreyCat's in %. 8.7 % = 72 mmol/mol

4.4 this morning. FBG ranged from 3.8 - 4.3 over the weekend. I'm still measuring ketone levels of between 2 and 3 each morning. It seems to take me a lot (timewise) to get into ketosis and then a lot to nudge me out of it! Grains will do it quickly but I'm steering clear of them lately.