ketone strips ???

mex0050 · 06-13-2009, 11:35 AM

Is it true you can tell if you are in starvation mode by using ketone strips if you are on a non-keto diet? Does just the lack of calories cause you to spill ketones?

SumDumGoi · 06-13-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mex0050

Is it true you can tell if you are in starvation mode by using ketone strips if you are on a non-keto diet? Does just the lack of calories cause you to spill ketones?

If you are starving then yes you will produce ketones. You will also produce them if you are diabetic. If you are trying to lose weight I would not recommend starving yourself. Your metabolic rate will drop and once you go back to eating food again you will gain weight (mostly fat) very quickly due to your low metabolism.

mex0050 · 06-13-2009, 11:59 AM

nah, I know....I'm trying to make sure I'm NOT in starvation mode. I eat around 100 grams of clean carbs a day, and was looking for something that could give me a definitive answer on whether to raise or lower my calories to speed up results. I never heard of ketone strips being used for anything but checking for ketosis for like atkins....but if they can tell me I need to raise caloric intake it's worth going and buying some for my answer.

I have heard from some other sources there is a difference in how you body reacts while STARVING vs how your body reacts during starvation MODE....this technique will work for starvation mode (i.e. maybe working out too much for 1500 calories a day vs. eating 500 calories a day) yes?

rugby-player · 06-13-2009, 12:10 PM

By the way..A human body produces ketones during sleep!
I thought this piece of info would be beneficial to determine your situation!

mex0050 · 06-13-2009, 01:26 PM

So the strips wouldn't really tell me anything then? You spill enough ketones to test positive on these just after a sleep-fast? crap.

I kinda figured this would be too easy to be able to test for SM :/

rugby-player · 06-13-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mex0050

So the strips wouldn't really tell me anything then? You spill enough ketones to test positive on these just after a sleep-fast? crap.

I kinda figured this would be too easy to be able to test for SM :/

I did not mention anything about spilling ketones for your test to fail! And even for your own case if ur even on a KETOGENIC diet where u consume direct source of carbs and your macro's are only split over proteins and fats and you should be actually peeing ketones, you can test and find that your pee contains no ketones!!!!!! And this will only happen if you're active and therefore your body is using all the ketones and there is no excess ketones to pee! Go in the keto section and ask! I've personally experienced this incident before where I was on a ketogenic diet (Extremely strict) and the ketostix tested negative, I panicked and did some research and found out what I've just explained!