Ketones Levels

[writter]

hello!

I do as low carb as I possibly can (I eat some low carb chocolate and marmalade, which is 6g and 2.5g respectively per day)

yet my ketones are usually 0.6 or 0.9 maximum (rarely)

why I cannot achieve 1.5 and above? what am I doing wrong?

I eat pure meat and salad!

thanks!

 

[JenniferG]

How are you testing your ketones? Urine (Acetoacetate), blood (BHB) or breath (acetone)?

Blood and Breath are the accurate tests. I just got the Ketonix 2015 in the mail today.. trying it out now. It's really close to the blood BHB value.. linear correlation (allegedly).

e.g. my blood read 1.4 mmol/L just now. My ketonix 2015 read about 1.25 mmol/L and my urine read 4 mmol/L.

Once keto-adapted.. my urine might read like .5 mmol/L but blood/breath reads 2.5 mmol/L for example.

I recommend the book Keto Clarity by Jimmy Moore.. just finished reading it.. love the book. Learned a lot from it.