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Anyone testing blood ketones?

ESinc1118
ESinc1118 Posts: 19 Member
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If so, what carb or net carb amount are you seeing optimal ketones at?

For me, it seems to be only when I'm under 20 TOTAL carbs grams of carbs daily, urgh! Even then the highest I've seen is in the 0.8 - 1.2 range.

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  • joanie152
    joanie152 Posts: 159 Member
    Interesting. I only do the urine test strips. Do you test yourself everyday?
  • ESinc1118
    ESinc1118 Posts: 19 Member
    Sorry didn't see that you responded on here as well! But yes I'm doing it every day now, and once I get to a good steady level I'll probably taper off to every couple days just to make sure I'm not slipping out of ketosis. My highest rating this week has only been 1.3, I would like to see it above 1.5 before I'll scale back on the testing. I didn't see any good levels (above 0.5) until I went down less than 20 grams total carbs per day. I had previously been aiming for net of 30, which I guess is just too high for me :(

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