Sentences with phrase «using ketostix»

Unless you can check your blood ketones, using Ketostix is an easy way to detect urinary ketones.

I started the Fat Fast Friday 5/8/2015 and am using Ketostix.

Not sure if that will change over time but since the ketone strips are so expensive I have been using the ketostix to help verify more frequently w the blood testing just every few days.

The oldest method of testing for ketosis is by using Ketostix.

To know whether or not you're in ketosis you can measure your blood ketones using 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).

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).

Don't worry about not being ketones if using Ketostix (I explained why in this post).

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.

Don't Give Up and Read Further Are you using ketostix or blood ketone meter?

I tracked my ketones using ketostix.

However, I've been on a low - carb, ketogenic diet for 2 years, use ketostix every now and then and can't complain about them I've read the post you linked to and I know ketostix detection strips are not accurate but they are not useless.

I plan to test every two weeks and use ketostix in between.

We use Ketostix to ensure we are in ketosis.

When I started, I used Ketostix to find out when I was in ketosis and what my net carbs limit should be.

I do nt use ketostix cause cant never find those in my country (im dominican), I started with 202 pounds and im already down to 194 (wich is crazy) I know that most of the pounds I've lost is water loss.

I did Atkins's Induction Mon - Thurs used Ketostix before workout Friday morning and there was a trace of Ketones.

During the following week, I went down to 78.4, but my weight went back up until my next weight in at 79.1 I did cheat last weekend, to be completely honest, but I cheated on milk and peanut butter (not a large amount though) and was still in ketosis the next day (I use ketostix).

Not exact matches

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 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.

If you use a blood ketone meter (not Ketostix), you will measure ketones even after you get adapted.

I assume they have used a kind of Keto strip, Ketostix, and those are measuring acetoacetate only by a unique chemical reaction.

One point I want to make about Ketostix is that a lot of people use them because they seem cheap (initially).

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.

Ketostix are used to detect ketones in urine and can be obtained at any drug store.