Ketones are lower

[amwassil]

Someone else here told me those strips are for Type 1 and have nothing to do with being in Ketosis…

Well, yes and no…

Urine ketone stix may have been invented to detect the presence of ketones for the benefit of T1D patients. It’s a life and death issue for them - and only for them. Folks who do not have T1D have nothing to fear from ketosis. Just the opposite. The ‘pee stix’ do detect the presence of ketones in urine, none the less. You get ketones in your urine only when you are in ketosis. The problem with them is simply that excreted ketones vary in concentration rapidly and significantly. So about all they tell you is that you are in ketosis. For many folks the ‘pee stix’ show less and less excreted ketones as they becomes better fat adapted and excrete less.

[OgreZed]

The ‘pee stix’ do detect the presence of ketones in urine, none the less. You get ketones in your urine only when you are in ketosis

But only one type of ketone, and that kind is not typically created in any quantity once someone has been in ketosis for a while.

[amwassil]

Fat Adapted and Still Excreting Ketones in Urine: Survey

So we’ve all heard the reports that the lowly urine keto stix aka ‘pee sticks’ are only useful for the first few months for newbies. Once you’re beginning to fat adapt the wasted ketones, specifically acetoacetate, slowly and steadily decreases in the urine until the test strips show nothing. End of story. Maybe not. I recently became aware of anecdotal reports by fat adapted or presumably fat adapted individuals also showing colour on the strips months after they should be showing nothing. Wha…