I’ve been ketogenic for over a year and just started blood testing to see how food and drink affected me. Well to my disappointment my glucose is always high, even after working out and fasting 16 hours! Today after workout and fast 91 glucose and LO on the ketone reading. In the past 3 weeks testing I have shown ketone levels twice! My diet is very ketogenic my carbs are from avocado and leafy greens. No health issues. I workout daily…thoughts???
High fasted glucose LO ketone readings
Baytowvin
(TJ Borden)
#4
I’ll let others weigh in, but it sounds perfectly normal to me. Start checking more often and see if you can find a pattern. Also try checking prior to your workout and see where you’re at to check the difference.
91 is perfectly healthy. Definitely nothing to be alarmed about.
Jason_v
#5
BG is always high after exercise because your tissue NEEDS FUEL
exercise makes you more insulin sensitive, but always raises blood glucose
ketone reading are usually low after exercise because your tissues are consuming them as fast as they can be made
J_A-M
(Jay AM)
#6
Elaborating on what Jason said. Your body produces all the glucose it needs as some glucose is necessary. During a work out it will produce glucose which means your glucose goes high. And, your excess ketones will be used as fuel like they were meant to be. Ketone blood meters measure BHB which is like a ketone battery, when it’s needed for energy it turns into AcAc to be used and the ketone blood meter doesn’t measure that. So, Lo ketones just means you used them.