Ketone sticks ad ketosis

Sting · 01-30-2013, 01:19 AM

I been it ketosis now over a week

But just wondering why some mornings first thing when i use the ketone sticks it stays the same color no change than after a few hours of getting up or lunchtime i test again and fully in ketosis 2nd darkest color?

Mimosa23 · 01-30-2013, 02:50 AM

Maybe because you ate a lot of fat, which will also increase your expelled ketones and thus make the ketostix darker?

I don't like using ketostix, I find I obsess over them and they are not accurate IMO. The times I did test in the morning after waking is that I had a trace amount, and later in the day after a fatty LC meal, they would show moderate. I think it's to do with the fat you consume...

Mistizoom · 01-30-2013, 06:29 AM

The color is irrelevant as long as they show the presence of some ketones. The sticks show you that you are excreting ketones in your urine. For the most part this means you are in ketosis. Unless you are out of ketosis and just dumping the remaining ketones in your body.

Test once a day, max, and stop worrying about the color.

01-30-2013, 01:19 AM	#1
Sting Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 196 Gallery: Sting	Ketone sticks ad ketosis I been it ketosis now over a week But just wondering why some mornings first thing when i use the ketone sticks it stays the same color no change than after a few hours of getting up or lunchtime i test again and fully in ketosis 2nd darkest color?

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01-30-2013, 02:50 AM	#2
Mimosa23 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 5,925 Gallery: Mimosa23 Stats: 220/206/150 WOE: Nourishing Traditions without grains/IF	Maybe because you ate a lot of fat, which will also increase your expelled ketones and thus make the ketostix darker? I don't like using ketostix, I find I obsess over them and they are not accurate IMO. The times I did test in the morning after waking is that I had a trace amount, and later in the day after a fatty LC meal, they would show moderate. I think it's to do with the fat you consume...

01-30-2013, 06:29 AM	#3
Mistizoom Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Midwest Posts: 919 Gallery: Mistizoom Stats: 300/248/190 initial goal WOE: low carb Start Date: November 2012	The color is irrelevant as long as they show the presence of some ketones. The sticks show you that you are excreting ketones in your urine. For the most part this means you are in ketosis. Unless you are out of ketosis and just dumping the remaining ketones in your body. Test once a day, max, and stop worrying about the color.