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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1520313" data-attributes="member: 6467">[USER=402888]@carbolysis[/USER]  Can I ask how you are checking your ketones?If you are using a blood meter then the results should be accurate.If you are using Ketostix then your results may be misleading, as they only measure the ketones that your body is throwing away.If you are eating too much protein then your body will be converting that to glucose via gluconeogenesis and preventing you from going properly into ketosis.I am in ketosis (according to Ketostix) with a reading of between 1.5 and 4 mmol/l in my urine.However everyone is different.I suspect that you are not doing full on LCHF if you are averse to fat; noting that you may see fat as that greasy off white squidgy stuff around meat that a lot of people can't stand. You may need to review how much of each food you are eating, and for example try and use more double cream, eggs and full fat cheese such as mature cheddar.</blockquote>

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