This was certainly helpful, I had been frustrated with trying to get higher Ketone level (not to high as it would be dangerous for me personally) there was a lot of insight and certainly given me things to think about. My only constructive criticism is that it would be nice to have mmol/L readings along side with Mg/dl as not all of us are acustomed to Mg/dl especially among the diabetic community. This would be really beneficial and to cover all basis for all who watch your insightful videos. Thanks for your efforts and keeping things interesting.
Great video just checked my gki 3.4 with the Keto-Mojo I’m now down 114 lbs in under a year thanks for all information you provided over this crazy year much appreciated
I’ve been on a ketogenic diet for over three years, never consuming more than 20g of carbohydrate and consuming large amounts of fat. I do HIT strength training and Sprint intervals for ‘cardio’. I’m 6’ and weigh 175. Physiologic insulin resistance has made it so that my blood sugar NEVER goes much below 90, and my ketones are rarely above 1. For that reason, I couldn’t care less about the GKI, because it will never be good for me. Yet I’m extremely healthy (fasting trigs under 40, HDL 58+). Don’t care about GKI, unless I end up with cancer.
What is your fasting BG lately? Similar lifestyle to yours and my FBG has been creeping up continuously. Physiological IR or not, this is not good, I feel.
Dropped 300 pounds on this diet. But, the pandemic came to town and destroyed my progress. 😀. I’m not sure what I weigh. Because, I refuse to get on the scale. But, I know that I gained a lot back. However, I am starting over.
Celebrate your past success and start anew again. You can do it..... One day at a time! Your past success has improved your health tremendously already!! We all fail daily at different things..... Not stopping is the win.
Just bite the bullet and weigh yourself. I lost 90 pounds on it and then gained back 30. I had thought I'd gained it all back but I still had 60 pounds and the 30 I gained back almost all of it came off within a month and a half and back at 90 pounds. For me everyday I didn't weigh myself it just gave me one more excuse to not get back on the diet. Also, keto is very protective of your health and especially things like Covid. So even going back on it for 30 days will send your metabolic markers back to a great place and that's what you want.
I just purchased my Keto-Mojo after watching this. Really cool device! I also noticed glucose levels going up when I am stressed . Now I just need to find ways to be less stressed in my day to day life :D
You read my mind, friend. I bought my new Keto-Mojo meter 2 weeks ago and it arrived 3 days ago. I have been measuring for the last 3 days right before my first meal, and right before my last meal of the day. I have been looking for this exact video! So far my measurements have been within the 1.5-3.0 range on ketones, which has been motivating to keep going. Thanks for the video!
Dr Boz(Annette Bosworth, MD) has come up with a ratio, Glucose divided by Ketones, to come up with a ratio which she coins the Dr Boz Ratio. Of course you still need to track blood ketones and blood glucose levels to come up with the proper ratio.
"I'll skip the nerdy science." Noooo! I love watching your videos because of all the nerdy science. Down 14 lbs of fat and up 2.5 lbs of muscle in 4 months. 7% body fat gone!
I was chasing high keto numbers with the Keto Mojo last year from February until March 19th. A few days before the 19th I decided to try ingest more fat to bring my numbers up. I was already on just about 10-15 grams of carbs a day mostly from broccoli 🥦. My keto #’s were from .08 to 2.5 with an average of 1.8. I think I overdid the fat with butter in my coffee a few days in a row. Turned out my gallbladder decided it didn’t like what I was doing. I had severe pain went to the ER and they removed it 2 days later. The dr said it likely wasn’t keto diet or the extra fat. I stopped keto until a few days ago and I’m happy to be back on it. Looking forward to losing some pounds and feeling better.
I rarely see high ketones. I tend to be at 0.5-0.7 mmol. I have only seen readings over 1.0 when I have cut my protein intake in half of my usual but I find I am miserable eating that low of protein.
Same here... I recently had a full urine analysis and ketones was the only test that was flagged (high)... so, I know for sure that I'm in Ketosis. I don't find the blood ketone test useful but the glucose test is very helpful.
Don't worry about it unless it's consistently under .5 or so. Your body could be doing any number of things (including gluconeogenesis because your beta cells aren't quite recovered yet, or you could be producing exactly the number of ketones that you're consuming, etc.) Most importantly, don't rob yourself of protein. Too many people undercut the protein thinking they're helping, and they're not. It sounds like your body is telling you that you need more. Have you tracked your protein and compared it to a protein calculator online?
@@CarbageMan Yes. I was eating the amount recommended for my body weight. And then I tested out a protocol that had me lowering my protein and increasing fat and carbs just slightly and that is when I started registering higher ketones. But I really just thrive better with more protein and lower carbs.
@@sarasayshi Sometimes, the ketones will just come from the fat you eat, not the fat you burn. If you have been eating high fat for a long time (maybe three to six months, it all varies) then your body will be more comfortable burning its own fat when you reduce the dietary intake of fat. The protein numbers are estimates. The older we get and the more exercise we do, the more stress we're under, the more protein we need. As long as you're producing ketones, and you will be if you're not eating carbs (I have to severely limit my carbs) you'll do fine. It's mostly about the actual results than about the numbers. The numbers can be used to diagnose problems you sense. Quite bluntly, most of us really only lose weight while fasting, but we feel much better cutting the carbs even if we're not losing weight. Gaining would be different, and then you'd want to know if it's muscle, which would probably be good.
I'm so discouraged I've been following my macros to a tee like you suggested in your keto beginner video and last night my ketone was 0.5 and today it was 0.1
Been on the keto diet almost two weeks now, keto flu was brutal the first week but starting to feel better. Did an 18 hour fast today and tested ketones for the first time and was .4, pretty frustrating, but will continue the diet and fasting and hope it improves.
When it comes to weight loss, low levels don’t matter because it doesn’t matter if you’re in ketosis or not. Being in ketosis doesn’t speed up weight loss. I was in true ketosis for 4 months to give it a fair shot and not a fan. Too much fasting, not enough food. Workouts were the worst I’ve ever had. I switched diets literally in the middle of my cut and didn’t make one bit of difference. Kept my cut going and ended it way more happy than when I started.
I think keto is good only when one is morbidly obese. It should shed the easy fat off in twice the speed. But once you get back down to the visceral fats and your weight is closer to 15 percent body fat, it stops there. From there I think it's the training that will get you in shape. And real training needs carbs.
Thank you for this video and all the other ones. Been soaking up information from your channel for a week or so now. I started with a 3 day fast then decided to go straight into keto since my body was already primed for that. Had the urine strips but decided to get the keto mojo using your referral code as a small way of giving back. Keep crushing it man! Youre doing an amazing job on sharing knowledge and thats awesome!
I rarely use my Keytone monitor anymore because I feel exactly when my body is in ketosis and I have a bit of a routine however I will say that it is an excellent tool when it comes to working out because when your keytones are elevated it’s a great time to do some light cardio or weightlifting. But either way you know yourself and you have to trust yourself! Good job btw!!
Whar It happened to me was that i was getting low ketones on my ketones blood test, but i was feeling great, and didn't feel hungry... I guess it's true false lol
measure or feel your way? I'm 54. Got interested in low carb diet because my recent blood work indicated fatty liver disease. I rarely ever drink and if I do it's one or two lite beers. I'm clocking four weeks in. I lift weights and walk every day. I vary my work outs between heavy and light, with longer emphasis on recovery as I've gotten older and recover slower. The consistent work outs let you keep in touch with your body on a higher sensitivity. I am a quick learner, continuous learner. And scout the comments section for experience that I can relate to and learn from. I'm dedicated to this change, having been previously indoctrinated by the false narrative of high carb low fat. Because I have experienced the exact opposite. My first positive was my sinus clearing. Within a couple of days I could breathe easier. That had significant improvement on my sleep. That was the second positive. And my body was leveling from radical high and low swings. The third positive has been more consistent better work outs feelings. I have to hold back more because I feel like going heavy more often. I've done OMAD once. But it's more natural for me to go two and 18:6. Just adopted easy and naturally so far. And I'm very active and have some difficulty getting enough calories. I've been dropping weight like crazy even though it's not my real intention. Down ten pounds but seems to be leveling out.
THIS... is such an important missing piece of the puzzle for many of us. I'm returning my monitor that only looks at ketones and I just ordered this one that does both.
Keto mojo changed their meters, strips no longer available on Amazon, going without metering the rest of the year, buying a different company's meter, *and definitely different company !*
agree , there is way too much product promotion here . as stated in the video , keto blood measurement is the gold standard , BUT your measurement may read low and that’s ok ? ! ? why has it taken so long to inform the public a low reading is ok ? I like the fact that he said your blood glucose is part of the equation , my impression is that a lower blood glucose will lead to a higher keto reading . therefore I should ( within reason ) do everything I can to lower my blood glucose . that would mean eating that burger without the bun .
Stay calm, Keto Mojo has been the best reliable meter for years. Lots of products are unavailable (keto sticks) due to shut downs. Get to know your body, Hang in there and Keto on!
@@robinbuchanan2731 when I do buy another meter, enough time will have passed, that I actually spent less money rather than more, because I have many months of not having to buy strips !
I've been on 20g carbs for 3 months now. The first month I was .7 to .9 Now at 3 months it is .3 all the time, even after fasting for 24 hours. The weird thing is even if I have night out with friends and I can't get a keto meal it drops to zero for about 4 hours then straight back to .3 I can shift it to .4 sometimes by eating 100g of macadamia nuts or coconut oil but it goes straight back to .3 a few hours later. I'm losing 300g a day in weight so it doesn't worry me too much but I can't get into ketosis anymore.
If you want higher ketones, I find it can help to do a multiple day water fast until your ketones are at like 5.0 mmol as a reset and then be very strict with your diet and figure out how you can keep your levels higher. But if you're just trying to lose weight, you don't need much ketones or any at all.
@@Hein99 I'm just trying to lose weight...but wouldn't higher ketone production also affect my energy levels? I've been on keto and fasting for awhile and have NEVER gotten into ketosis and have never experienced the amazing energy people speak of and I'm thinking that's because I never adapt to using ketones/fat as energy....thoughts?
I went 3 days into a fast without showing ketosis on the pee strips this week. I was coming off a "cheat day" that was essentially garbage and carb laden, but i thought it was weird to literally not eat for 3 days and not have depleted the stored sugar and to not have been burning fat..particularly considering rather exhausting 2 hour workouts each day. Im fairly confident that my body obeys the laws of thermodynamics and that something was consumed nevertheless, and have chalked it down to probably overindulging on a cheat day plus pee strips being bad at displaying the big picture.
That can happen. You have to reduce your glycogen stores. If I need a kickstart, I fast and do low-level cardio. If you overdo cardio, you can cause gluconeogenesis, and most of the ketones can be converted to sugars. So you burn fat, but you don't see it.
@@CarbageMan wanted to say this as well, ur exercice might be the reason why you had glucose, its allready proven your body starts producing glucose when you exercice it can go as high as 120+ from just constant cardio
My ketones are always between .5 - .7. It’s rare for me to see anything higher. My blood glucose is also always low. Seems like whenever I test, the GKI says I’m not in ketosis. I’ve been keto for years. I lost 165 pounds but the last 40 is so freakin hard to get rid of. Im losing like 2 - 4pounds a month. It’s just a lifestyle now so I know that eventually I’ll get there. But seeing that GKI say I’m not in ketosis is frustrating. Footnote: I eat about 1200-1400 calories a day (about 20-23 net carbs). I have an approximately 4hr morning eating window - typically 8am to 12noon. I literally never break it and I’ve been on this IF schedule for about 3 years. Maybe I should do a fat fast for a few days.
1200 calories a day is a starvation diet (whether you’re eating keto or not). Your body has slowed down your metabolism to accommodate for such low energy input. I suggest upping your calories, so your body feels safe to let go of the last 40lbs you’re trying to lose.
Why are my blood ketones dropping while fasting? 6 hrs after eating = .3 6 hrs later=.1 Only thing I've had is 2 cups of clean black coffee sipped on over 6hours. No food, calories, working out, nothing WTH
I compared my keto mojo to my precision Xtra and they match or are only off by 0.1 of a number. When I did my research, precision Xtra was still the most accurate and keto mojo was 2nd most accurate. Precision Xtra strips are very expensive and becoming harder to find though. Which is why I invested in keto mojo.
@@sarasayshi ye from what I saw precision extra i think and keto coach were the top , keto coach tho beat it it was more consistant plus its the cheapest strips it just doesnt measure glucose but i don't need it for that and cheapest strips works lol . Measuring in general doesnt really matter to me at this point but i wanted to sharw cuz its jard to afford testing for many
I've just bought a keto mojo off amazon. The meter does not appear to be working I've tried to get advice but their no advice line in the UK. So I'm sending the meter back via amazon. No back up in the UK!!!!!!
Can you speak to how physiological insulin resistance and keto-adaptation might play into GKI readings? For instance when I'm in ketosis for several months my ketosis numbers begin to fall even while doing a water only fast, and at the same time my blood glucose levels are sometimes in the 90's(still fasted). My understanding is that this could be due to physiological insulin resistance (as opposed to pathological/metabolic syndrome). I'd like your input on lower ketone numbers as a result of keto-adaptation, physiological insulin resistance and how it relates to the GKI measurement.
Really appreciate your energy and dedication. You should definitely do a vid on continuous glucose monitoring in the future (LEVELS, Dexcom G6, Abbott Freestyle Libre)
I’ve been somewhat frustrated with the keto diet because of my measurements. I keep total carbs under 50g a day and often probably take in maybe 30-35g of total carbs (not net carbs). I recently moved to 2 meals and 1700 calories total intake with home cooked meals (most carbs taken from vegetables like cauliflower, carrots, lettuce, broccoli) and am 3 weeks into my keto journey. I wanted that intermittent fasting experience to drive better results and it did nothing (18 hours between meals from last meal of day to first meal of next day). Best keto reading I’ve gotten from blood was 0.4 mmol and I recently had 3 urine tests at 1.5-4 mmol while my blood ketones stayed “below nutritional ketosis”. I’ve also done workouts, walking 5 days per week. I don’t drink any alcohol and don’t cheat and grab bread, cupcakes, etc. I’ve lost no weight on keto. Wonder if I just need to throw in the towel. Lost more weight last month on a total calorie tracked diet 😑
I just got a keto mojo and irk if it’s right. I mean… I’ve done keto for 9 months and have lost 100 lbs. I was at the 95 lb lost mark for almost two months (I slacked off lol). I just got back on track last week and have only been eating 4-8 net carbs a day for a week but I’m still only getting a blood ketone reading of 0.4! Urine strip yesterday had me at 1.5! I don’t know what’s going on but it’s reeeeeaaaalllly getting me down dude. I tested my blood ketones a few hours after eating a lunch of about 2 carbs and 700 calories (big breakfast/lunch). Would calories make my ketones go down? But even so I was at 0.5 blood ketone like 4 days ago (I was out of strips till today) and I figured I would be at at least 1.5 today! I don’t know if it’s the meter or what but if it doesn’t go up the next few days it’s going back.
Starting my third week tomorrow, and just been folowing your meal plan (except for the macadamia^^), Measuring each day before lunch and im usually at a 1.3 to 1.7 which makes me happy. Tiredness and all sideeffects from the beginning are gone and i just feel amazing.
I've been using KETO Mojo since Thomas introduced it around 9 months ago, somehow my blood Ketone levels are always much lower than my wife's (we usually measure just before we sleep) but I really have no or very little body fat on my body, no matter how much or how little food i eat, and i usually eat tons. My wife, even though she does much longer fast than I do, has way more body fat than I do, so I don't think the blood Ketone level really matters that much personally.
Same dude. I barely have far to burn at all, I struggle to get .9 she's 2.4 easily. Lots more fat to burn. I think the body knows it has more to burn and just breaks it down in fatter people.
Thank you so much for helping, I can't afford the blood testing kit. I can only afford the urine strip's, I was really excited yesterday because I reached dark red. Now today I'm in pink, I blame myself because I had a small tub of Keto friendly icecream.
I've just bought a glucose monitor that's supposed to recognise ketones too. My urine strips are still registering some ketones but the monitor isn't. I used the strips for a period prior to ketosis so I could see if they read as expected.
Wow, a lot of info and work. When did eating keto get so complicated and take the joy out of eating healthy? I like the info but unless something is strangely off in your body then I would do all this extra stuff but is it necessary otherwise?
mm I haven't eaten in 3 days, I've lost 8 pounds (165-157 pounds) and my precisionExtra reads .3 ! I guess it doesn't matter what the meter says. I fasted to get control of glucose levels and do some experimenting. I've been around 80-85 mg/dl for those 3 days.
Im getting fed up because i dony eat nearly any carbs at all and im barely in 0.5 and then I eat a small piece of salmon and im 0.2 so im not in ketosis. I think getting in and out of ketosis is not healthy.
My body does the opposite when I work out especially in a fasted state my ketones level go through the roof in fact the only time mine ever get 1. and above.
With this meter, do I need to text on a glucose strip and a ketone strip every time I want to get a reading? Right now I have a standard keto blood meter, and I’m trying to decide if I should switch or not. Thank you.
So,if I eat something and want to know how my body ketone and glucose changes, how do you do that? Do you eat and right away check your blood? Do you eat and wait a few hours than check?
Same here. When I started keto the strips worked for about 6 months and than they didn't show anything so I got a Mojo and unless I'm fasting I rarely go above 0.5. I just finished a 34 hr fast and my ketones were only 1.6 so ketones seem to show less as one does keto. I walk but no high intensity stuff.
Same here... I recently had a full urine analysis and ketones was the only test that was flagged (high)... so, I know for sure that I'm in Ketosis. I don't find the blood ketone test useful but the glucose test is very helpful.
Ketones in general will be more impressive when you start, then you may see them come down between .5 and 1.0 most of the time. Unless they spend most of their time below .5 and/or your blood sugar is high, it's not something to worry about.
My ketones start the day at .05 and then increase to 1.0 or higher in the afternoon. I'm at my goal weight so I don't worry about my ketones. My blood sugar is another matter. It is usually in the 90's to under 110 with an occasional high 80's. I will need to adjust my carb intake I think to get my blood sugar down and my a1c lower. It is currently at 5.6.
As someone else already asked - what range of gki do we aim for? At what number does the difference between ketons and sugar levels start giving the desired results? Thank you.
I think we all have different gki goals but what I did was take notes when my gki was over 9; 6-9; 3-6; 1-3 and under 1 and I determined I felt best around 0.9 - 1.1 gki (p.s. only if this is a concern as for the risk to get to 1 or less than 1 gki trust your body and decide for yourself and be accountable for your own risks; I’m sick of the ask your doctor disclaimers and no one I know is required to see a doctor for keto-mojo)
But in reality if your ketones are like 0.5-1mmol (what I consider low), your glucose will be like 4-6mmol. And your GKI will be rubbish. It pretty much never happens that glucose and ketones are both low and you have a good GKI, unless something is wrong with you.
I have pre diabetes and weigh 332 lbs. Lost 50 lbs on keto in 2018. 2019 was a wash out and ending up gaining 30lbs back over the holidays. Since January I've been ketovore and typically have a blood sugar of 100-110 and blood ketones from 03-07. I can't seem to get higher levels. Is this normal?
@@pmfith Generally, this is true. If your beta cells are still damaged, you may find, however, that your body "demands" a high level of gluconeogenesis. There are clearly confounders here and it's still being researched. In general, people new to ketosis will do better with moderate protein, but a lot will "graduate" to carnivore. Personal experiences vary greatly.
I don’t understand I have cut all carbs in my diet and my weight hasn’t changed in a couple of months. The last time I checked my blood ketones it was .05 what’s up with that
Ok...I’m confused...you said yourself in one of your videos that your wife gets in a higher state of Ketosis than you. I used your numbers and trying to at least be at above .5 and I can maybe push to 1.5 when I really exercise. But the today my GKI was 11.9 and apparently the chart on the KetoMojo website says I’m not in Ketosis but again you mention in one of your later videos that again anything above .5 is good but here .5 with a low blood glucose puts it at 11.9. Not sure what to go by anymore...starting to lose faith here
So if none of them are accurate really what’s the point to test? I know I been on carnivore for 3 weeks and been in ketosis according to stirips since after a week but this week I’m not even showing ketosis on my strips when I def am under 20 carbs a day. My protein and fat are both high and carbs close to nil
I’m having to start back over because my I was in ketosis until I start drinking sparkling water. My keto app said it was ok to drink but testing my ketones I went from 1.6 to 0.3 . Ever since I’ve been bouncing between 0.7 to 0.3. I’m going to fast for a two days to see would it work
I wanted to like the ketogenic diet but it was just impossible, I felt horrible. Then I saw a review about the Agoge diet and I tried it and it was awesome.
why are keto enthusiasts so obsessed with testing blood ketones? i thought the goal was better health so you can move on with your more quality life? it seems counter productive and obsessive to scar up your fingers for something so unnecessary.
For me, I like seeing the number and tracking my progress and seeing how different foods affect me. Also, many people who do keto are diabetic or prediabetic. If you’re going to be checking your blood glucose anyway, might as well check your ketones. It’s what I do.
Just starting keto back up.. I've been trying this egg fast thing 3 eggs 1-2 tbsp butter and a but of cheese, 3x a day. In day 5and the stix still show nothing... Weird
I believe the amount of time it takes to get into ketosis truly varies by the individual and other factors.. my 1st attempt on keto it took 5 days, my 2nd attempt took 7-8. I would keep up with your good work and trust the process because it will happen!
