Blood ketone reading high

(Mikelong) #1

For the first time ever, I had a 4.8 blood ketone reading. I have been taking keto salts mixed with mct powder once a day. Has anyone else had this reading?

(Jennifer Kleiman) #2

Iā€™ve gotten in the 4-6 range as recently as 3 days ago. Been doing 3 40-hr fasts/week for the past 3 weeks and have observed rising ketone levels over this time. No keto salts. Why are you taking them?

#3

MCT oil is an easy way get a slight ketone boost, as are keto salts. Unfortunately when you artificially jack-up your blood ketones the readings you get are all but useless. Why take the salts? Youā€™re just screwing with your body for no real reason, and wasting money. If you want to impress yourself and others with high blood ketones try doing EF.

(Mikelong) #4

Impress???, no brother, Iā€™ve been at Keto too long for that. I have been looking into non dietary benefits of a sort. Dr, Dā€™Agostino was discussing it, The post was because I was thinking it was a bit high, not a boast, maybe you should consider that before taking that tone with a reply. If you donā€™t think outside the box, and try new things, you canā€™t find what you can fully do with your life.

(Mikelong) #5

I was listening to Dr Dom Dā€™Agostino talk about the non nutritional benefits of this, mixing them with mct powder, just a small amount daily. I am a big mct oil guy, and thought I might give it a try, good for hydration too. My main thought was that the reading was too high, after almost two years on keto I finally started to test my blood for ketones #olddognewtrick. WOW, three 40hr in a week, AWESOME. I just went from 4hr eating window for 4 weeks now, to mixing in a 48hr once a week. That reading was only once, all others have been 1.5-2.8 since the one I posted, Thankx for the imput.

(Mikelong) #6

IF, and I have for a year and a half.

(Jennifer Kleiman) #7

Iā€™ve been ketoing for about 3 years now & have been at goal weight-ish for about 1.5 years but Iā€™m trying to drop 10-15 more pounds just to lean out. Iā€™ve found that my body is just really seriously stuck at 145 lbs so Iā€™m trying to employ all the tricks to shake it off. Extended fastsā€¦ Iā€™ve done them but I find the resulting GI/refeed issues are quite distressing. Itā€™s my hope/experience that repeating 40 hr fasts back to back gives me the equivalent of an extended fast in a lot of ways. Eventually Iā€™ll go back to my standard which was 18:6ish most days, but skipping Mondays so a 40-hr fast once a week.

#8

I was talking more extended fasting. Itā€™s the free way to get really high ketones in your blood which is presumably something you think is going to be beneficial. Plus fasting comes with a whole host of other health benefits.

Iā€™m still a little miffed as to why the idea that having tons of excess fuel circulating in your body seems like a good idea? Sure there are applications like Navy SEALS using rebreathers but even that science is in its infancy. If the goal is to find potentially beneficial performance enhancing supplements which have not been thoroughly tested in humans why not just look to the I.O.C. banned list?

(Allie) #9

Highest reading Iā€™ve ever had was 5.
I wasnā€™t fasting, wasnā€™t using MCTs, wouldnā€™t ever waste money on exogenous ketonesā€¦ no idea what caused it as nothing was different.

(Mikelong) #10

I hear ya, I preach on my page not to get sucked into buying crap that says keto. The salts are more of a brain thing, lol not jacking my levels. I just have been trying something new to go with my new fasting schedule. I always warn people about claims about eating a lot of supp just to cheat your way into ketosis, Iā€™m just plating around with .5 tsp once a day with mct powder. I just started testing a few weeks ago, and wondered about the high reading. Thanks for the input brotha.

(Mikelong) #11

Yea, iā€™m not finding any real results. one of my goto people was talking about this one specific addition, but I have always been a food only guy, but always open minded for something new.

#12

Hi! I am concerned about only getting high readings. I have searched and searched for people that have also experienced this but only find people who get low readings. Mine range from 1.6 up to 6. Most of the time I read above 3. I am just trying to understand what this means for me and what I need to adjust. I donā€™t take any additional ā€œKetoā€ add ons. Just whole foods. I am not IF at this time. I am very active. The only thing I can think of is that I might be getting too much protein. Any thoughts?

(Jennifer Kleiman) #13

I donā€™t think you need to adjust anything, just means youā€™re keto-adapted and burning fat as fuel.

#14

If youā€™re not losing weight too quickly, why worry? Being in ketosis is a good thing.:yum:

#15

Thanks for your replies.
Everything I have read/heard so far, the advice is to not get over 3 but there is never any explanation as to why this is.
According to the Optimal Ketosis scale it puts me in the ā€˜starving ketosisā€™ range. I am either not educated enough on what this means or confused. I feel great and am defiantly eating enough.
Thank you for your thoughts :slight_smile: