While
Ketostix measure acetoacetate, blood ketone meter measures beta - bydroxybutryate which is what you want to monitor.
Not exact matches
I guess the best way to
measure ketone would still be blood ketone meter but if you can
measure anything using
Ketostix, it means you are in ketosis.
If you use a blood ketone meter (not
Ketostix), you will
measure ketones even after you get adapted.
Ketostix don't
measure all types of ketones produced by your body.
I'm one week in and
measuring high for ketosis with
ketostix.
If you
measure your ketone levels (using
ketostix), they may get quite high due to the lack of water but it doesn't mean you will be in deeper ketosis (
ketostix are not accurate).
To know whether or not you're in ketosis you can
measure your blood ketones using
Ketostix.
Hi, I just startet my keto diet 3 weeks ago, then i went to the drug store and bought some
ketostix to
measure the ketones in my urine, and it showed between 8 - 16 mmol / l Is this dangerous?
Of course the fastest and most accurate way is to test your breath, pee on a
Ketostix or
measure ketone levels in your blood.
And we heave Hydroxybutyrate, another keton body, which can not be
measured by
Ketostix.
So the
Ketostix, which are
measuring the acetoacetate content in your urine only, will tell you after a while that you are not in a sufficient way of Ketosis anymore - though you may still be in perfect ketosis.
I assume they have used a kind of Keto strip,
Ketostix, and those are
measuring acetoacetate only by a unique chemical reaction.
I kicked myself out of ketosis, I know this because I bought
Ketostix (ketostix are a stick you pee on — a bit like a pregnancy test but they measure the amount of ketones in your wee, the more ketones, the pinker the stick b
Ketostix (
ketostix are a stick you pee on — a bit like a pregnancy test but they measure the amount of ketones in your wee, the more ketones, the pinker the stick b
ketostix are a stick you pee on — a bit like a pregnancy test but they
measure the amount of ketones in your wee, the more ketones, the pinker the stick becomes).
The purpose of the
Ketostix is to
measure the amount of ketone bodies in the urine.
You can
measure the levels through a blood test, or by testing your urine with a «
ketostix».
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Ketostix only measure one of the three types of ketones that may be in the urine - You can be in ketosis & not see a change on the ketostix — does not mean you are not los
Ketostix only
measure one of the three types of ketones that may be in the urine - You can be in ketosis & not see a change on the
ketostix — does not mean you are not los
ketostix — does not mean you are not losing fat.