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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1496304" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>If you are doing LCHF properly you should have switched from being fuelled by carbohydrates to being fuelled by fats. </p><p>Ketones are a part of the fat burning cycle.</p><p>Any which are surplus to requirements can be expelled in the urine.</p><p>So if she is seeing ketones in her urine that looks like a very good thing!</p><p></p><p>The reason many are wary of ketones is that if your body isn't producing/processing insulin (so you have very high blood sugar but your body can't use it for energy) then your body goes into panic mode and burns muscle, which floods the bloodstream with ketones and makes it acid.</p><p></p><p>This is diabetic ketoacidosis which is very dangerous and is sometimes the reason for undiagnosed T1s and T2s to be rushed into A&E.</p><p></p><p>So a low to medium level of ketones in the blood is part of being fat adapted.</p><p></p><p>Very high ketones are not good.</p><p></p><p>Ketostix can be used to test the urine to confirm that you are kicking out the ketones, which can be an indication that you are fat adapted.</p><p>[Note: you can be producing and burning ketones and see none in your urine if you are burning as much as you are producing.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1496304, member: 6467"] If you are doing LCHF properly you should have switched from being fuelled by carbohydrates to being fuelled by fats. Ketones are a part of the fat burning cycle. Any which are surplus to requirements can be expelled in the urine. So if she is seeing ketones in her urine that looks like a very good thing! The reason many are wary of ketones is that if your body isn't producing/processing insulin (so you have very high blood sugar but your body can't use it for energy) then your body goes into panic mode and burns muscle, which floods the bloodstream with ketones and makes it acid. This is diabetic ketoacidosis which is very dangerous and is sometimes the reason for undiagnosed T1s and T2s to be rushed into A&E. So a low to medium level of ketones in the blood is part of being fat adapted. Very high ketones are not good. Ketostix can be used to test the urine to confirm that you are kicking out the ketones, which can be an indication that you are fat adapted. [Note: you can be producing and burning ketones and see none in your urine if you are burning as much as you are producing.] [/QUOTE]
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