I just got worried as diet doctor says that level is too high.
I'd hate to have told you the wrong thing, so can you tell me where on Diet Doctor you found this. I've searched and found,
1. Urine strips
Urine strips is the most simple and cheap way to measure ketosis. It is the first option for most beginners.
You dip the stick in your urine, and 15 seconds later the color change will tell you the presence of ketones.
The strips measure for the ketone type acetoacetate. The presence of this in your urine indicates that you’re been in ketosis during the hours before testing.
If you get a high reading (a dark purple color) you’ll know that you’re in ketosis.
Pro: Ketone strips are available in regular pharmacies or
via Amazon and they’re very cheap. A strongly positive test reliably proves that you’re in ketosis.
Con: Results can vary depending on how much fluid you drink.
By drinking more water, you dilute the concentration of ketones in the urine and thus a lower level of ketones will be detected on the strips.
The strips don’t show a precise ketone level. Finally and most importantly, as you become increasingly keto-adapted and your body reabsorbs ketones from the urine, urine strips may become unreliable even if you’re in ketosis.
This happens when the body becomes more adapted to using ketones, meaning that they increasingly stay in the blood to be used as energy instead of being lost through the urine.
Thus the test may sometimes stop working – always showing a negative result – when you’re been in ketosis for several weeks.
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I really don't think you need to worry about or compensate for dark purple, but would be happy to be shown differently.
Sally
