Keto sticks reading
MindfulNat
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I just received my bottle of keto sticks and according to my first reading, I am in ketosis. My question is: since there are different levels of ketosis, is it dangerous to be in the high range ?
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Not if you're not a type 1 diabetic with high blood sugar.
Without high blood sugar and having a functioning pancreas you are at literally zero risk of ketoacidosis.
It could however suggest that you're dehydrated because it basically means your urine sample has a higher concentration of acetoacetate.
You can manually change the color of the sticks reading with your level of hydration. This basically means you can water down your result or concentrate it with how much urine you make and how often you empty your bladder. This is why the tests are very unreliable.
You can get a false negative easily but cannot get a false positive and the color means nothing at all. Any color just means positive for ketones. Nothing more.2
