How to Test Blood Ketone Levels
/Here's how I test my blood ketones and glucose. It's easy! And it doesn't hurt. Just a little prick. ("That's what she..... " Wait. No more of that!)
Read MoreHere's how I test my blood ketones and glucose. It's easy! And it doesn't hurt. Just a little prick. ("That's what she..... " Wait. No more of that!)
Read MoreMy reason for starting down the ketogenic, low carb/high fat diet had less to do with losing weight than wanting to avoid being put on insulin or other medication for what was surely going to be a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. I've written previously about that here. I had been very overweight for about 30 years. I was reconciled to be so forever. After all, we've been advised that 'it's almost impossible to lose weight after about age fifty' and 'diets don't work' and '95% of people who lose weight regain it, plus more', etc., You know what I'm talking about. If you want to know what the drip, drip, drip of daily defeat feels like, live inside the head of fat woman.
Read MoreMy trip down the Keto trail started one morning when searching online for a way to avoid having to take medications for Type II Diabetes. I had not been diagnosed with this chronic disease, but I was on deck. Both sides of my family of origin are chockablock with people who ended up with high blood sugar. Sadly, several probably had shorter lives than they might have, had this insidious condition not taken hold.
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