Question About Ketostix

[Hangfire]

My first urination in the morning turns the Ketostix fairly dark, about middle of the color scale. If I check later in the day, there is practically no color change. I drink about 4 quarts of water daily. Is frequent urination during the day affecting the reading or am I producing ketones only during sleep?

 

[elijah]

I think that is fairly common, your body uses ketatones as it makes energy from them and fat, which means the number of them left to go to urine is fairly low. Especially if you drink that much water and urinate alot, what is available for urine is even more spread out. But thats not a bad thing, as long as you are doing low carb and turn the stick deep in the morning your in keto, and stay that way.

 

[cozmokramer]

that is correct... ketones are used for energy and pass through the body in many ways... through pee... through breath... through sweat...

so in the morning if they are changing color daily... you are good to go!