Am I in danger of going into ketoacidosis?

[harrisja9]

I started the keto diet a week ago after I noticed my exorbitant amount of abdominal fat. In about 24 hrs my urine started to smell meaning I probably got knocked into ketosis relatively fast. I currently feel great, made it through the "flu" but am concerned I may be putting myself at risk for other problems. My keto strip tested 40mg/dL (?) today when I tested it and thats after carb loading last night. I usually don't eat more than 20g of carbs a day (mostly bc I eat and get full super fast) but last night upped it up to a 45g total for the day.

Current stats: 4'5.5", 32-25-34, 117 lbs approx 25% boyfriend

Goal: 32-24-34, 110lbs of muscle, 18% boyfriend

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I meant boyfriend not boyfriend

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Omg body fat!

[Anonymous]

If you got ketoacidosis you'd feel like absolute shit. Are you diabetic? It only happens if you have large amounts of sugar floating around in your blood. Get a test meter they don't cost that much. If your blood sugar doesn't go above 240mg of sugar per deciliter of blood you won't develop ketones.

[harrisja9]

i'm not diabetic. im just doing a low carb diet which also produces ketones because of your body breaking down fat. the acidotic state can result metabolically which is what i'm afraid of. i don't want my blood to become too acidic and i'm not sure is 40mg/dl is at that point or not.

[randomuser94]

1) ask a professional

2) don't use strips use a glucose meter that measures ketones

[harrisja9]

glucose meters measure glucose...

[randomuser94]

most also measure ketones

[harrisja9]

oh ok i wasn't aware of that. thats cool i might try that to get a more accurate measurement. That still doesn't help me know though if my levels are appropriate.

[randomuser94]

it's sounds like you should not be doing keto because you do not understand it and that is dangerous.

your glucose should be in the 50-70 range and your ketones between 1.5-2.5 to be in ketosis.

but like I said, you should immediately stop this diet and learn more before you severely injure yourself.

[harrisja9]

Dude you are just not being helpful. I understand the diet, i am not even remotely diabetic (and fyi 50-70 mg/dL of glucose is called hypoglycemia and is NOT healthy for anyone), and I AM in ketosis. That is NOT my question. My concern is how far can I go before I put myself at risk for possibly going into ketoacidosis. Can you please answer the question or not at all. Thank you

[randomuser94]

50-70 is good while in ketosis.

and as I said no one can tell you about your ketoacidosis other than a health care professional

[blondfrog]

Well its not good to have low or high pottassium