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I use MCT oil in my Keto Strawberry Lime Smoothie recipe because it can raise blood levels of ketones which are a fantastic clean burning source of fuel for the brain.

I was at the top of my game, intermittent fasting and in intermittent ketosis, where I would dip into a keto state for most the week but then have a couple carb - load meals to replenish glycogen levels and teach my body to use both glucose and ketones for energy as best as I could.

When I've personally experimented with ketosis, I used various methods of testing to make sure my ketone levels and blood glucose levels were within healthy ranges:

However, in my personal experience using this approach to «starve» my brain tumour, I find I can become quite the data junkie, measuring blood levels of both glucose and ketones up to four times a day, because in my mind, the optimal levels of both are perhaps what's required to have a therapeutic effect.

I've been using urine ketone sticks to test my ketone levels every now and then and to monitor my tolerance to carbs.

In contrast, therapeutic ketogenic diets used for epilepsy or as experimental cancer therapy often restrict carbs to fewer than 5 % of calories or fewer than 15 grams per day to further drive up ketone levels (9, 10).

Using a glucometer, one can test blood ketone levels.

Ketones are an potent source of fuel for your brain neurons, and when you're ketogenic, you have higher levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor and an enormous upregulation in brain neuron regeneration, focus and mental acuity (once you get over the «hump» of those first 10 - 14 days of making the fuel switch to using strictly fatty acids as your primary energy sources).

If you need to keep track of your ketone levels, use a blood ketone meter or the breathalyser.

When you get keto - adapted, your blood ketones will likely drop as well because you will be using them for fuel rather then keeping them in the blood stream: The Ketone Craze - Who Really Benefits From High Ketone Levels?

If you use the ketogenic diet for therapeutic purposes (epilepsy, cancer, Alzheimer's, etc.), it's a good idea to track your ketone levels.

If you really want to track ketone levels (more for therapeutic purposes), I suggest you either try using a blood ketone meter or a breathalyzer that are a lot more accurate than Ketostix.

I don't think you need to shoot for high ketone levels, unless you use the ketogenic diet for therapeutic purposes (in cases like epilepsy, cancer, etc).

Here is another way to measure ketone levels (less expensive and fairly accurate): How To Use the Ketonix Breathalyzer

I was wondering if the ketostix would be useful in determining ketone levels in my urine so i can be sure not to have excess levels when i go to the dr.. They look like the same thing dr.s use.

Fat - adapted low carbers use ketones more efficiently and levels may not be detectable in the urine, even though they are in ketosis.

When you detect ketosis after about 2 - 3 days, start adding net carbs (about 5 grams each week) until you detect a very low - level or no ketones (using Ketostix or blood ketone meter).

You can also use a blood glucose meter to test for high levels of beta - hydroxybutyrate (BHB), another type of ketone body.

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).

If glucose levels drop too much, the liver synthesizes ketone bodies as a sort of back up fuel source for use by other organs (4).

This drop in urine ketone levels lets you know that your body is becoming more efficient at actually using them for energy.

Using urine strips to test for ketones I notice mornings there are hardly any (low levels or trace).

The creator of the Ketonix breathalyzer, Michel Lundell, also runs a website to help and support people who use the device for measuring their ketone levels.

At this level of carbohydrate intake, the body makes many more ketone bodies it uses for energy in the heart, brain and other tissues.

This is a sign their body has adapted to using ketones and is not reliant on sugar as its primary fuel source so the body is no longer concerned with keeping blood sugar levels up in order to survive.

This may be because as cognitive function declines, so does the ability of the brain to use glucose and ketone use parallels their level in the blood (Croteau et al., 2017).

This is not commonly used but it is less expensive than testing blood ketone levels.

If these individuals do not use an insulin injection, they can overtime build up unsafe levels of ketones (6).

Blood tests are the most accurate gauge of blood ketone levels (which is what matters), and dumping fuel into the urine isn't a great use of resources, even glucose only gets dumped in pathological states, as the glucose challenge in the fasted state demonstrates.

This one doesn't really need to be said, but once your body gets used to functioning on a keto diet, burning ketones for energy, your energy levels can be improved by a lot.

Using the keto - mojo to monitor my ketone levels helps me understand the science behind this diet and how / when to make adjustments based on the readings / response.

Use a device to monitor your ketone levels.

But there is no one size fits all approach to any diet so use those percentages as a starting point and keep an eye on your ketone levels with the following piece of advice and you'll nail it.

These fats are often used by epileptic patients on a ketogenic diet, in order to increase ketone levels while allowing for a bit more carbs in the diet (2).

To be absolutely sure, you'll have to use a blood ketone meter which will tell you your ketone levels precisely - urine ketone levels are not always reliable for indicating ketosis.

The overall calorie intake is low (1000 - 1200 kcal), most likely lower than maintenance level, so that's why the body will have to use another source of energy (body fat and ketones).

Food oils such as medium chain triglyceride (MCT) coconut oil can also be used to mildly increase ketone levels.

Hey Julie, I am not qualified to tell you to stop taking any medications but using MCT to raise ketone levels can be helpful for epileptic disorders.

As long as the blood glucose level stays low, it will continue to use ketones as the energy source.

When blood glucose levels are reduced, our brains are happy to use exogenous ketones for energy and they are more efficient in the process.

It is very difficult to achieve ketosis, and you must measure your ketone level by using urine strips (yuck!)

Hi Antonio, it's common to experience low energy levels during the first 3 - 4 weeks, before your body gets adapted and uses fat and ketones for energy.

Next — what's your experience using MCT oil or other types of ketone precursors to help to kinda push yourself into a higher level of ketosis?

If you're planning to use — or you're already using — a low carb lifestyle to feel better, have more energy and possibly shape up a bit, I don't see a valid reason why you'd want ketones to reach incredibly high levels.

Contrary to that, if it's used for therapeutic purposes (cancer, epilepsy, etc.) where the level of ketones and glucose are crucial, you have to be careful with all sweeteners.

If it was to be used for therapeutic purposes, high levels of ketones may be beneficial.

The very low carb intake forces the body to use fat for energy instead of glucose, which produces a high level of ketones in the blood, hence the name.

Also, to mention the Atkins diet, in the book I read, the diet begins with a two week very low carb diet [20 grams of carbo perday] in order to transition the body into a state of nutritional ketosis, using ketones not glucose / insulin for energy generation; however, it is not intended to be a permanent such state but rather for the dieter to gradually add in carbs; however, is one added in only up to the limit, which varies from person to person, of carbs to just below the lvel that would transition out of ketosis, then Atkins would work with that in mind and requiring monitoring for blood or urine ketone levels and must needs be high fat,, moderate protein, and low carbs