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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2253003" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>I'm moderately low carb (usually but by no means always less than 80g a day). My consultant gave me a meter that reads ketones as well as carbs a year ago, after I told her that I'd never tested for ketones and never had a DKA (now 50 years of T1). On low levels of carbs my ketones quite often go up to a max of 0.7 (usually more like 0.2). (Sorry, not sure what the units are.) My understanding is that this is a "normal" level, not even dietary ketosis, I'd need to be over 1 for dietary ketosis and over 1.5 to be concerned about ketones for DKA. I used to test ketones with urines strips occasionally, can't ever remember getting a positive reading. (I don't skip insulin doses, though I do run high when I mess up my carbs/versus insulin.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2253003, member: 372717"] I'm moderately low carb (usually but by no means always less than 80g a day). My consultant gave me a meter that reads ketones as well as carbs a year ago, after I told her that I'd never tested for ketones and never had a DKA (now 50 years of T1). On low levels of carbs my ketones quite often go up to a max of 0.7 (usually more like 0.2). (Sorry, not sure what the units are.) My understanding is that this is a "normal" level, not even dietary ketosis, I'd need to be over 1 for dietary ketosis and over 1.5 to be concerned about ketones for DKA. I used to test ketones with urines strips occasionally, can't ever remember getting a positive reading. (I don't skip insulin doses, though I do run high when I mess up my carbs/versus insulin.) [/QUOTE]
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