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I measure ketones in my blood with a freestyle libre. I imagine an ideal ketone level would differ for every individual. For me personally, I aim for between 2.0 and 3.0.

Yeah ok, makes sense. Ketones are back to 1.9 this morning and I'm back on 2 meals a day, skipping breakfast. This works out for me as a daily 16 hour fast and that's comfortable. Things seem to have stabilised now and I feel fine again. I won't be changing things anytime soon.

Thanks for all the information. It's been 6 days now and I'm getting 1.1 on the ketone test strips and bgl is normal sitting around 4. I just finished an 18 hour fast. I was starting to not feel to good by the end of it but after a meal that included less than 10 grams of carbs, I feel fine...

Ah, ok. So how long has it taken in the past for either of you @Brunneria and @Lamont D to get back into ketosis after a lapse? I have noticed that exercise increases ketones for me. Why is that? Also if I do too intense or too much exercise I tend to crash. Is that the same for others? I seem...

It's taking what seems like a long time to get the ketones back up. I think it's been 3 days now and I'm still on 0.3 after the overnight fast. The highest reading I got was 0.9 yesterday, before dinner. Does anyone have experience getting back to ketosis after falling off the wagon?

Usually when it gets close to 24 hours and the ketones get up over 4. That's when my glucose starts to drop below 3 and I feel pretty bad. I've done the extended fasting test and I do not have insulimona. I did all the blood tests at around the 27 hour mark. The endo says bgl dropping when...

Yes. The reaction does appear to be linked to rapid fluctuation in blood glucose levels. And the treatment is dietary. The keto diet absolutely works to control the problem, whatever it's called. Interestingly, the only times I've actually gone to true hypo levels (other than 2.1 at my first...

Thanks. It was after Xmas and NYE. I thought I may have been cured. I was wrong. I don't know if for me it is insulin overshoot though. It's been a while since I've been on the forum here and there's new information. After extensive testing, including a fasting test and many blood tests, the...

I've was in ketosis for around 6 months. The results were great. I was not experiencing the crashes anymore except for on the odd occasion. I was getting tired after breaking the daily fast. I started to think that dairy was causing a reaction and so stopped eating dairy. I felt better almost...

Hi. I have mostly been posting here with questions and problems. The process of getting to some kind of stability has not been quick or easy. As my body was adapting to a keto diet my glucose readings went a bit all over the place which confused me. I thought something was wrong. Also the ketone...

I fasted for 27 hours. I was stable at around 4.3 for 24 hours and then I started to go low - slowly. I did the blood tests (checking for insulinoma) at a level of 3.6 which is unfortunate because it's supposed to be done when bgl is lower than 2.8 but the pathology place was closing for the...

My Endo has suggested that I do a fasting test to rule out insulinoma, as I have sometimes hypo'd while fasting. She has given me forms to do the blood test if/when my glucoe level drops to 2.7 or below. I have someone who is ready to drive me to the pathology clinic anytime, if need be. The...

I've seen 2 specialist endocrinologists over the last 2 years and they both diagnosed me with idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia. After doing a lot of tests. The first endo tested for insulinoma but the second endo said the test should have been done under fasting conditions and the only way to...

Haha this does not surprise me. It's sounds like a standard internet thing. Misinformation in a catch phrase. I do have RH and I also need to do a extend fasting test because when i fast, I also hypo. Which could mean insulinoma but apparently that is very rare. The last hypo I had was from...

Yeah I'm slowly making sense of all this. Before I went extremely low carb I was doing ok on around 50 grams carbs per day. Is 50 grams considered low? I think it's around 10 percent carbs for me. I'm just not eating any high carb foods at all. I've been adding salt too and also eating halloumi...

Ok. What I'm worried about is coming out of ketosis. Even when I have 50g per day my bgl is stable. I'm not eating any foods that raise the bgl. I'm hardly eating any processed foods at all. Just low carb veggies, meat, nuts, cheese, greek yoghurt and some mayonnaise. None of these foods raise...

Hi All. Just wondering do people count total or net carbs? I've been under 30 grams total per day for maybe a week now and feeling good but it is difficult to stay that low. If I count net then it is a lot less restrictive but just wondering what people's experience is with this? Thanks

I'm almost one month into the keto diet. My blood glucose levels have stabilised. I feel good. I'm enjoying eating this way. At first I wasn't low carb enough but through experimentation I'm realising that if I keep the net carbs under 30, I feel much better generally. Cashews cause a mild...

I saw the endo today. She was very open minded and helpful. Supportive of the keto diet and confirmed the previous diagnosis of idiopathic RH. I told her about the 2.7 reading when fasting and she suggested the 72 hour fasting in hospital test and also gave me a slip to get my own blood test if...

The endo was very helpful and supportive! She confirmed the previous diagnosis of idiopathic RH and even said that there obviously needs to be some studies done into poeple living with RH on a keto diet. She seemed very interested in the whole situation which was surprising to me. She said if...