You should only check your ketones if your blood sugars have been over 13 mmol/l for an extended period of time and you are ill and dehydrated. Otherwise you are in nutritional ketosis which is normal for a low carb diet.Hi,
I’ve been very low carbing for two and a half weeks, I am getting crazy nice numbers, almost flat lines 100% in the green zone on libre, my keytones are creeping up, they are now at 2.0, I have dropped insulin dose by a massive amount, gone down by half, taking 6 levemir twice a day and novo a couple of units a day, is 2.0 fine? When do I need to worry? Can I be dka if I’m still taking some insulin and numbers are averaging 7-8? (my numbers have been so much worse for so long)
Thankyou
edit, had to drop doses due to sleep time hypos
Sounds like you are in ketosis and burning fat. Are you losing weight? Is that the plan? If so I reckon all is well, but I'm no expert.
Oh I didn’t realize wasn’t suppose to check, neither been above 10 or felt unwell since “being good”. Thankyou I will stop checkingYou should only check your ketones if your blood sugars have been over 13 mmol/l for an extended period of time and you are ill and dehydrated. Otherwise you are in nutritional ketosis which is normal for a low carb diet.
Not really. I was briefly at 4.0 once when doing a fat fast.Better numbers are the motivation but yes I could afford to lose some weight for sure, do you know if there is a keystone level when it’s no longer good? Thankyou
Thankyou, was happy to see I had keytones but am going up about 0.1 per day and I remember them stopping a med due to keytone once upon a time.Not really. I was briefly at 4.0 once when doing a fat fast.
Thankyou, was happy to see I had keytones but am going up about 0.1 per day and I remember them stopping a med due to keytone once upon a time.
This is perfect, thank you!As I understand it, the red flag time is high blood sugars, plus elevated ketone.
This is a pretty useful image, although in your shoes if my numbers were in the teens and I had ketones, I'd have concerns.
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My ketones range between 2 and 3.5 when I'm fasting. DKA is when they spiral above 25 plus.Better numbers are the motivation but yes I could afford to lose some weight for sure, do you know if there is a keytone level when it’s no longer good? Thankyou
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