blood glucose levels in ketosis

[edvedr]

what should they be? mmol/L

[HungarianBeast]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

good question ED

[BIGMOFO]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

what should they be? mmol/L

from what i have read, dont let it get over 250

Ketosis is the presence in the blood of abnormally high levels of acidic substances called ketones. The normal body fuel is glucose. Ketones are produced when there isn’t enough glucose in the bloodstream, and fats have to be used. When fats are used excessively as fuels, they are eventually converted to ketones. The real danger in ketosis is that ketones are acidic, and high levels of ketones make the blood abnormally acid.

Normally the blood ketone levels are low, but in starvation, untreated diabetes and when the diet is very high in fats and low in carbohydrates, the levels rise. Ironically, in diabetes, the blood contains large quantities of sugar, but because of the shortage of insulin, this glucose can’t be used as fuel.


A normal fasting level is below 100 milligrams of glucose per deciliter of plasma, usually abbreviated to 100 mg/dl. The rest of the world measures millimoles per liter or mmol/l. To convert mg/dl of glucose to mmol/l divide by 18.

Blood glucose level (fasting) Interpretation
(mg/dl) (mmol/l)
70-110 3.9-6.1 Normal
The level may reach >110 mg/dl after a substantial meal, but in metabolically normal individuals it then falls rapidly back to below 100 mg/dl.

>126 > 7 Hyperglycemia (= diabetes)
Diabetics must strive to keep their blood glucose level between 80 and 160 mg/dl.

<50 < 2.8 Hypoglycemia (complication of treatment of diabetes)

http://www.mendosa.com/10_reasons.htm

http://academic.sun.ac.za/med_physbio/med_physiology/dept/ketosis.htm

[edvedr]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

doesn't answer my question mofo. i was told it should be in between .2 and .5 millmoles per LITER

[BIGMOFO]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

doesn't answer my question mofo. i was told it should be in between .2 and .5 millmoles per LITER

well....................dont know just get your fat ass on a bike and ride it off!

[HungarianBeast]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

Let me see if I can do the conversion...

[edvedr]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

well....................dont know just get your fat ass on a bike and ride it off!

i am doin that. it helps you get you glucose levels down. but i'm still at 6.0 and its pissing me off.

[HungarianBeast]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

Glucose:

1mol = 180g (molecular weight)
180mg = 1mmol (millimole)

1dL= 0.1 Liters


Now do your own damn conversions...

[edvedr]

Re: blood glucose levels in ketosis

thanks HB