Detecting ketones in urine is an accurate way of measuring your ketone levels.
The diagnosis of DKA is based on
detecting ketones in the urine and sometimes in the blood along with signs of illness.
If
you detect ketones in the urine, this can be a very bad sign.
Ketostix are used to
detect ketones in urine and can be obtained at any drug store.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Ketostix only
detects one type of acid and a lot of other factors can affect how light
ketone bodies become
in urine.
Along with blood tests, the urinalysis can help screen for diabetes by
detecting sugar and
ketones in the
urine.
Ketones may therefore be
detected in the
urine of starving animals because of massive fat mobilization is required for
ketone formation.