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Acetone & Food/Drink Acids
DisappearingTwinkie
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For two weeks I have been tasting and smelling acetone. My breath does not smell like it, but if there is acid in a food or drink it is disgusting. I went around tasting things and the more acid in the item the worst the taste, a coke was like drinking nail polish remover and bugspray. Is there any reason I should not be freaking out?
I have been doing a Nutritional Ketogenic diet for now for just over 80 days. Early on I had the metallic taste for a week, and knew what that was. This is a whole other ballgame.
I have been doing a Nutritional Ketogenic diet for now for just over 80 days. Early on I had the metallic taste for a week, and knew what that was. This is a whole other ballgame.
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Do you ever test with ketostix? It'd be interesting to see if you're wasting a lot of ketones. It is possible to produce too many, but it usually only happens in T1D.
IIRC, acetone is produced in the lowest quantity of the three ketones. Maybe a few percent? But it's the most volatile, so it will exhaust through the lungs and skin.
The quantity should be very small.0 -
I have not used the sticks. I was thinking about picking up a monitor. I have been told not to use the sticks by so many. I may end up snagging some to check though.0
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