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<blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 1204474" data-attributes="member: 93179"><p>And it's only if you start to see ketone levels of 4-5 and over <em>and</em> you have high glucose levels <em>and</em> are lacking sufficient insulin that you need to seriously think about worrying... Nutritional ketosis and the potentially very dangerous diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) are two quite different animals.</p><p></p><p>Some (low levels of) ketones in wee are quite normal if you're on a low carb diet, but if you are dehydrated then they'll be concentrated - as will be your urine - and you'd get higher readings.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]19783[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>[USER=22547]@carty[/USER] Carol if you want some urine test strips, go to the chemists and buy some Ketostix, they're about £6.00 for a pot of 50 - and apparently you can cut then in half if you want to be super frugal. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite69" alt=":wideyed:" title="Wide Eyed :wideyed:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":wideyed:" /> The proper ketone strips for meters are horrendously expensive though!</p><p></p><p>Robbity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robbity, post: 1204474, member: 93179"] And it's only if you start to see ketone levels of 4-5 and over [I]and[/I] you have high glucose levels [I]and[/I] are lacking sufficient insulin that you need to seriously think about worrying... Nutritional ketosis and the potentially very dangerous diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) are two quite different animals. Some (low levels of) ketones in wee are quite normal if you're on a low carb diet, but if you are dehydrated then they'll be concentrated - as will be your urine - and you'd get higher readings. [ATTACH=full]19783[/ATTACH] [USER=22547]@carty[/USER] Carol if you want some urine test strips, go to the chemists and buy some Ketostix, they're about £6.00 for a pot of 50 - and apparently you can cut then in half if you want to be super frugal. :wideyed: The proper ketone strips for meters are horrendously expensive though! Robbity [/QUOTE]
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