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My breath...

hankjam

hankjam

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Type of diabetes
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Mrs HJ commented this morning that my breath smelt of ketones. I have been fairly low carb this week.

Is this a good or a bad thing?

Thank you for reading.
 
As your diet only it’s most likely nothing to worry about, if your BG are fine then yes it more than likely you are in ketosis which is a good thing.

I get keto breath and sometimes I can even taste it, I usually have a good drink of water - don’t know if it works on the smell but it works on the taste
 
@hankjam: You're doing well then! For us diet controlled T2s kerones - whether tasted, smelled or measured - show that our low carb efforts are working, and both our bodies and our brains are making good use of the fats in our diet. My brain is definitely much happier fuelled by ketones...:)
 
Robbity said:
@hankjam: You're doing well then! For us diet controlled T2s kerones - whether tasted, smelled or measured - show that our low carb efforts are working, and both our bodies and our brains are making good use of the fats in our diet. My brain is definitely much happier fuelled by ketones...:)
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This is good to know and thank you for your reply.

:)
 
lovinglife said:
As your diet only it’s most likely nothing to worry about, if your BG are fine then yes it more than likely you are in ketosis which is a good thing.

I get keto breath and sometimes I can even taste it, I usually have a good drink of water - don’t know if it works on the smell but it works on the taste
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Thank you @lovinglife your reply. Happy to read this.
Probably explains why my mouth feels a bit ruff first thing in the morning.
:)
 
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