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Hey, just wanted to mention a few things. Being in ketosis is not just down to the carbs, but the carb allowance combined with the low calories allowance of 600cals.
Why do you think you are in ketosis after eating bread out of interest? Is it because the keto sticks things tell you that you are? They are not accurate and I'm sorry to anyone who thinks that they are. They measure the excess ketones in your urine, not whether you are in ketosis or not.
Can't take credit for this, so will quote an old post from KD on the Cambridge Diet forum:
"ketone concentrations are usually smaller in the morning and reach their highest level at midnight. People do vary though, with some showing a higher concentration in the morning and less at night. So...ummm.
Others have no excess as ketosis happens in the blood and will only show on the stix if you have an overflow into the urine. If you use your ketones efficiently, then you'll have no excess ketones on the stix at all.
Also, some people get a pink recording if they eat loads of fat as the ketostix don't know the difference between stored fat and dietary fat."
It is of course entirely up to you how you choose to do the diet and we all have to find ways in which we make it work for us, but I think it's important to clear up confusion. You don't lose weight purely because your body is in ketosis, you lose weight because of the massive calorie deficit. Ketosis is good because it means that you burn fat rather than lean muscle, and in some people it reduces hunger.
I think the reason that people are replying is because the people who have done the diet and found the easiest ways, want to help you. In eating carbs, that are not perfectly balanced in a complete product, you will be encouraging more cravings. This diet is hard enough without having cravings. If you get into it, 3 products, no more, it's surprisingly easy
Why do you think you are in ketosis after eating bread out of interest? Is it because the keto sticks things tell you that you are? They are not accurate and I'm sorry to anyone who thinks that they are. They measure the excess ketones in your urine, not whether you are in ketosis or not.
Can't take credit for this, so will quote an old post from KD on the Cambridge Diet forum:
"ketone concentrations are usually smaller in the morning and reach their highest level at midnight. People do vary though, with some showing a higher concentration in the morning and less at night. So...ummm.
Others have no excess as ketosis happens in the blood and will only show on the stix if you have an overflow into the urine. If you use your ketones efficiently, then you'll have no excess ketones on the stix at all.
Also, some people get a pink recording if they eat loads of fat as the ketostix don't know the difference between stored fat and dietary fat."
It is of course entirely up to you how you choose to do the diet and we all have to find ways in which we make it work for us, but I think it's important to clear up confusion. You don't lose weight purely because your body is in ketosis, you lose weight because of the massive calorie deficit. Ketosis is good because it means that you burn fat rather than lean muscle, and in some people it reduces hunger.
I think the reason that people are replying is because the people who have done the diet and found the easiest ways, want to help you. In eating carbs, that are not perfectly balanced in a complete product, you will be encouraging more cravings. This diet is hard enough without having cravings. If you get into it, 3 products, no more, it's surprisingly easy
