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Sammy9259
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HI everyone
I just bought some keto sticks for the first time today and was a bit confused..if the colour appears at all on the spectrum (from light pink to dark purple) does this mean you are in ketosis? but the darker the colour the more heavily in ketosis you are? or are you only in ketosis if the colour is dark? If you are not in ketosis at all what colour would it show?
I just bought some keto sticks for the first time today and was a bit confused..if the colour appears at all on the spectrum (from light pink to dark purple) does this mean you are in ketosis? but the darker the colour the more heavily in ketosis you are? or are you only in ketosis if the colour is dark? If you are not in ketosis at all what colour would it show?
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Ketostix are measuring the density of ketones in the urine. it's really just an indicator of "yes" or "no" and not how heavily in ketosis you are. Lets just say that you have 100 ketones in 1 cup of urine, and that measures dark. If you drink more, you have 100 ketones in 2 cups of urine. That would show lighter. likewise, you could have 200 ketones in 2 cups of water. That would be the same density as 100 ketones in 1 cup of water, but you actually have twice as many ketones. (note - this is not how ketones are measured - just over simplifying for purposes of explaining). That's why anything registered on Ketostix counts as being in ketosis.
Usually, dark Ketostix is an indicator that you aren't drinking enough.
If you want to measure how "deep" in ketosis you are, you need a blood ketone tester. They are actually fairly cheap. Unfortunately, the testing strips are several dollars each.0
