Test blood sugar, ketones, or both?

(Bob M) #21

I look forward to your data.

(Tony ) #22

Humm, Im not sure that high ketone scores are the answer, I’ve lost 30kgs over the last two years and my ketones have hardy ever shown higher than .2 . The few times they were a bit higher it was only for a few hours and then went back down again. It was suggested that maybe I’m burning them at “point blank range” as I’m pretty active. I have a Freestyle Optium Neo machine, which I purchased here in Australia, both the glucose and ketone strips are freely available including ebay. The strip prices are around AU$1-20 or less each ( US$0.75c ) for ketone strips, glucose strips are lots cheaper.

(Paulene ) #23

Took measures before eating today.
BGL = 4.6 mmol/L
BKL = 1.1 mmol/L
GKI = 4.18 - this is moderate ketosis zone ideal for managing obesity, but not quite the therapeutic zone.

My understanding is that I would need to get into the therapeutic zone to trigger autophagy at a significant level to recycle protein and reduce the potential for skin sag??