Another Ketones ?

I notice that the strips are negative in the morning but turn positive
at night? Is this normal? Also, does this occur the entire time you
are on the low card diet?

Brian

BK wrote:
I notice that the strips are negative in the morning but turn positive
at night? Is this normal? Also, does this occur the entire time you
are on the low card diet?

I think the results are varied. For me, I get a strong reading (40+)
nearly constantly. I "binged" once by putting real sugar in my
caffeinated coffee. I was surprised to see the ketostix report
nearly no ketones that evening when I got home from work. Apparently
it doesn't take much to throw the body out of ketosis.

But most advice I've heard on ketostix stresses taking the test
consistently at the same time each day. So I would guess this is
to address exactly what you're describing.

Ketostix only pick up one specific kind of ketone bodies I believe..
if you're showing negative in the morning, and positive in the
evenings, it could be all you're picking up is ketones (specifically
acetone) from the breakdown of dietary fat.. that doesn't mean that
you're not losing stored body fat, just that they aren't being
detected..

Just my 0.02

Martin wrote in message ...
BK wrote:
I notice that the strips are negative in the morning but turn positive
at night? Is this normal? Also, does this occur the entire time you
are on the low card diet?

I think the results are varied. For me, I get a strong reading (40+)
nearly constantly. I "binged" once by putting real sugar in my
caffeinated coffee. I was surprised to see the ketostix report
nearly no ketones that evening when I got home from work. Apparently
it doesn't take much to throw the body out of ketosis.

But most advice I've heard on ketostix stresses taking the test
consistently at the same time each day. So I would guess this is
to address exactly what you're describing.

BK wrote:

I notice that the strips are negative in the morning but turn positive
at night? Is this normal?

Completely normal, though the timing is opposite for some. The time
scale for ketosis simply isn't hour to hour, it's day to day. You
testeds positive once for the day so you don't need further tests
until 24 hours later.

Also, does this occur the entire time you
are on the low card diet?

If you're on Atkins there is one entire week out of ketosis to find
your CCLL and then you go back into ketois. On any plan you're out of
ketosis while on maintenance. In other words yes with caveats.

BK wrote in message . ..
I notice that the strips are negative in the morning but turn positive
at night? Is this normal? Also, does this occur the entire time you
are on the low card diet?

Brian

I usually test after dinner each night, after I've finished eating for
the day. I'll get a positive reading for ketones in the evening, but
then I'll test again in the morning and get a negative reading.

Doesn't Atkins suggest afternoon or evening testing?

Lee

Duane Storey wrote:
Ketostix only pick up one specific kind of ketone bodies I believe..
if you're showing negative in the morning, and positive in the
evenings, it could be all you're picking up is ketones (specifically
acetone) from the breakdown of dietary fat.. that doesn't mean that
you're not losing stored body fat, just that they aren't being
detected..

Ketones are ketones. The sticks can't tell the difference between
dietary fat and body fat.

It's normal not to be excreting enough to measure at some hours of
the day, though.

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