Hi Ketoers, what are your typical morning fasted BG levels?

(mark whittaker) #1

list how long you have been ketogenic and your typical morning fasted BG and BK levels.

Im 4 weeks into it
typical morning BG is ~80 -90
typical BK is 1.2

(Ethan) #2

any of us suffer from severe insulin resistance and get a big dawn phenomenon, which skews these numbers. For example, at 5 am my BG may be 80. By 8:00 am, my BG may be up to 130, still fasted. If I wait longer and continue fasting, by 10:30, m BG will go down to 80 again. Ketones move opposite, something like 1.0, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, respectively.

(mark whittaker) #3

interesting. my ketones behave similar to yours but I dont think my BG moves too much

(Ethan) #4

Everything moves for me. Morning resting heart rate is usually about 85, but its under 60 in the evening. Morning blood pressure is 130/90, but its 95/60 in the evening.

(Jenn Monaghan) #5

My numbers are all the same as yours. I’m 13 months on keto.

(Karen) #6

Low carb for 4 months; keto for one. BG +/- 80.

Ketones range from 2.0 to 5.0.

(Tovan Nhsh) #7

I’ve been keto for 3 years +/-. Fasting morning FBG is anywhere from 65-85 (though normally in the mid 70’s). Ketone are generally around 3 mmol.

(Karen Parrott) #8

68-85 or so. Glucose. 18:6 fasting with my meals in the AM

#9

Six months on ketogenic diet…

Morning BG: 102 with a standard deviation of 9.25 using Bayer Contour Next; about 7 points less w/ nearly identical standard deviation using keto mojo,
Morning BK: 1.6 with a standard deviation of 0.97; this morning’s reading was 2.6.

With regard to changes in BG throughout the day, this is what I recorded yesterday, which are probably the most readings that I’ve taken in a single day; I wanted to see what my blood sugar and blood ketones did before and after doing two types of exercise:

10:10: BG=100, BK=2.0
12:14: BG=99, BK=1.0
13:15: BG=102, BK=0.9
13:41: BG=133, BK=0.7 - after 10 min kettlebell workout
14:14: BG=107, BK=0.8 - about 1/2 hour after KB workout
14:43: BG=99, BK=0.8 - about one hour after KB workout
15:13: BG=100, BK=0.7 - about 30 mins prior to starting 10 mile hike
20:48: BG=94, BK=2.2 - about an hour after finishing hike
23:29: BG=109, BK=0.7 - about 1.5 hours after eating; just one meal on this day

(Claire Poppy) #10

I used to get the dawn phenomenon with BG around 5.1 (I don’t have diabetes) but since cutting out meat I regularly get 4.3-4.8. The only exception is peanut butter as that will give me readings of 5.6 or 5.7. I am not talking about large quantities either.