If you are sticking long enough to a ketogenic diet the production of the different types of keton bodies will change: the serum and urine volume of acetoacetate (the only ketone detected
by ketostix) is significantly reduced, according to Phinney and Volek, you will have more Hydroxybutyrate in your serum - and thereby in your urine.
And we heave Hydroxybutyrate, another keton body, which can not be measured
by Ketostix.
Your takeaway point is this: If you stay on your keto diet for long enough, the primary ketone circulating in your serum (and consequentially, present in your urine) is not detected
by your ketostix.
Not exact matches
Ketostix don't measure all types of ketones produced
by your body.
The oldest method of testing for ketosis is
by using
Ketostix.
I assume they have used a kind of Keto strip,
Ketostix, and those are measuring acetoacetate only
by a unique chemical reaction.
An occasional person will actually require a ketogenic state to achieve weight loss, i.e., complete elimination of carbohydrates in order to metabolize fats, evidenced
by the fruity breath odor of ketones or urine dipstick testing positive with
Ketostix.
You can measure the levels through a blood test, or
by testing your urine with a «
ketostix».
The best way to test if you're in a state of ketosis is
by using ketone urine testing strips, often referred to buy the brand name,
Ketostix.