Testing Glucose or Ketones: Which is More Important?
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In this video, we're going to talk about testing glucose and ketone levels. Which one is more important to do?
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When you test your glucose:
• The lower the glucose, the higher the ketones
• The higher the glucose, the lower the ketones
When you start out, you might have a blood sugar of around 80, but as you do ketosis, you'll find it goes lower and lower. If you're feeling great, you probably aren't developing hypoglycemia.
But, there is something called the dawn phenomenon that happens for a few reasons. It may happen because of gluconeogenesis, you're prediabetic, you have insulin resistance, or you get a spike in cortisol.
When you test your ketones:
You can check your ketone levels through your blood, breath, or urine.
When you start out, I recommend checking your urine. When you're more experienced, I recommend checking your blood.
Ketones provide 30-38% of the fuel in the body. 50-60% of the fuel is going to be from fatty acids. Even though your ketones may be low, you may still be burning fat. You just can't test it.
I wouldn't worry if you're doing keto and intermittent fasting, but you're ketones are low-it's because probably because of the dawn phenomenon.
Which is more important to test, glucose, or ketones?
*I think glucose is more important to test than ketones. But, I recommend testing them both to understand what's happening and the significance of each one.
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Dr. Berg, 56 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of The New Body Type Guide and other books published by KB Publishing. He has taught students nutrition as an adjunct professor at Howard University. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Even while doing Keto faithfully and losing weight, my blood glucose is ALWAYS 90 to 100. I believe the biggest reason is Cortisol. I am stressed way too often these days. I know that I have to find a way to lower my stress. At this point, lowering my stress is probably more important than doing Keto.
To lower stress, I have at least 1200mg of benfothiamine daily, at least 3g of potassium, enough salt, nutritional yeast is rich in zinc but I have to get around 5-15 tablespoons of it daily. Check cronometer.
Also pay attention to your breathing. Focus on it and breath through your nose and then exhale through your mouth. Do it slowly and intentionally. It will take practice. It works for me. Also learn to identify the triggers and work on removing or dealing with them. There will always be stress. Be aware of your surroundings.
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Could be insulin resistance
So helpful! Thank you Dr Berg for clarifying why glucose levels can be high in the mornings.
Thank you for this information it was much needed and learned things that I had no idea about.
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Excellent video sir!
Dr. Berg, can you please address the importance of the Glucose-Ketone index and explain its implications in long term overall health and wellness? Thank you and love your content!! 👍
What Dr Berg has done after viewing many hrs of videos, is allow people to know what questions to ask and come up with their own questions bc of the knowledge.
Thanks so much for this, Dr Berg! I purchased a Mojo meter a few months back and have been testing my ketones about every 3-4 days, but it came with glucose test strips too, and I didn't know how/why to use them. I'm on the thin side and have never been seriously overweight, but recall having a doc tell me years ago that I tended to be hypoglycemic. I feel good and am enjoying keto + IF, and appreciate your offerings here on UA-cam. Much appreciated!
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Thanks. I've been interested in how these 2 levels interact.
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I just found this video and it was very helpful. I have been using a Keto-Mojo to understand how my body was using to food for fuel and this explains why after fasting and only having my Thyroid (hypo) med. in the morning my glucose was spiking and lower ketones. Thanks so much!
Great information Dr. Berg, explains a lot.
Very glad it helps, thanks for watching!
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Haha, I watched the other video before this one so I was getting confused. Now I realize my body was running on fat instead of sugar and my 68 glucose level was fine. Yay! I'm feeling so good in this lifestyle. I can't thank you enough Dr Berg ❤️
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Dr. Berg, Thank You, love love your videos! I have met my weight goal, changed my entire life forever. I was battling fatty liver. Do I have to check my ketones for the rest of my life is that something you suggest?
Nice video dr.breg. Can you please tell us what is the relationship between the psoriasis(eczema, other skin problems) and high bad cholesterol. Thank you.
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Dr Boz goes by the Boz Ratio, which is calculated by dividing the blood glucose by the blood ketones. Under 80 is nutritional ketosis or fat burning, under 40 is immune system repair, etc. and under 20 is therapeutic for things like cancer and should be done under supervision. Fora6 and Keto Mojo are both able to test ketones and glucose.
I just tested mine before bed, last meal was 8 hours ago, eating window 2 hours, 20g carbs for the day. Glucose was 87, ketones were 1.1 for a Boz Ratio of 79, which is fat burning. I don't want to lose weight, though...
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Wow this Dr. Help me understand what our body's goes through.. thanks you so much Dr. Berg's
You nailed it, Dr Berg. Question, I’m insulin dependent and do intermittent fasting but when I wake up I have to give myself a shot of insulin from the dawn phenomenon. I see videos where you say certain foods create an insulin response and can knock you out of ketosis during your fast, but if I don’t eat anything and take a shot of insulin, am I getting knocked out of ketosis?
Love all your videos!❤️ I’ve been doing keto diet thanks to you Dr. Berg! I’m diabetic and my average sugar past 2 weeks is average 180 even fasting on healthy keto diet, so I have dawn phenomena at this time do I take my diabetic medication such as metformin 1000ml??
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Is there a combined tester unit? What brand? How do we know when Insulin is not dysfunctional, while doing Keto & IF? Thanks.
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Yes, the glucose numbers from Dawn Phenomenon will go down. I don't bother to check mine until halfway through my day anymore, and they're always 20-30 lower.
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Hey dr Berg, why does my blood sugar stay elevated when I have a cold or some kind of infection? And is there something else I can do to help other than IF?
I just bought the keto mojo ketones and glucose tester, i am excited 😊
Further demonstrating how amazingly complicated and wonderful the human body is. “Life” what a marvel.
Nice video, I love my Libre 14days and Blucon cgm together, both helps me to manage my blood glucose. My Blucon give me alarms on my and my partners phone when I’m high or low so that’s nice.
Dr. Berg do you have a video for how much fat, protein, veggies etc., we should consume in a day?
How do I chelate copper safely Dr. Berg. And would repeated waterfast remove build up heavy metals? And then using all the glutathione supps like nac vit c zinc manganese ala etc. during healthy keto.
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Very quick question. What are your thoughts on "Beef Protein Isolate"?
You have helped me so much I showed no ketones until this week I eat low carb but I added riding my bike an hour a day (the burn up hill)I can take it to acclimate to burning fat
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Dr berg, how long after you eat is insulin no longer secreted?
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I tested my blood glucose after 19 hours of fasting and it’s 94. Is that high for being fasted? But my blood ketones is 1.4. I have been on a very low carb. Thanks
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EXCELLENT!!!!!! I’d been so confused. I have IDDM. I cannot lose weight due to insulin resistance. I started intermittent fasting and it’s working well with me. My fasting blood sugars are 80-95. Your videos are helping me become more involved with trying to change my insulin resistant status. I will start checking my ketones once I obtain supplies. My urine smells as though I’ve eaten asparagus but I haven’t and that’s what made me want to know more about ketones affect on the body. Thank you and please off any suggestions. Lisa
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I’m a beginner and mine is 4.7 mol is that ok
There is something we are missing. I have been on keto (less than 20g carbs per day) for a good 9 months now and on OMAD 5/7 days a week (16:8 for the the days) and i am still having glucose in the 12 to 15 mmol/l range but while having ketones between 2 and 3. And i had to significantly cut on my insulin because it dropped my blood glucose in extreme ways (which is a good thing i guess). As soon as i inject insuline my ketone vanish. So the invert relations seems to be between ketone and insulin, not ketone and glucose.
Same thing with us! My 10 year old son got diagnosed with type 1 about 3 months ago I tried low card ( sometimes keto diet) on him and everytime we did that he starts making ketones which is super scary in type1....as soon as we load him with carbs the ketones disappear.... I honestly do not know which way of eating is safer for type 1 diabetic people specially kids!!!
Been doing KETO for 1.5 years, lost 50 pounds, my weight loss has slowed down but I'm still loosing. Truly I started KETO to get healthy not loose weight, the weight loss is just an added benefit. I'm the only one in the family doing KETO and they understand I no longer eat Bread, Pasta, Rice, Potatoes, Sugar, etc. What they don't understand yet is IF and that I don't want to eat Breakfast at 7am because once I eat all fat burning stops. I'll keep trying to educate them as Dr. Berg has done for me, but they still do the 3 meals + snacks while I prefer 1 or 2 meals, no snacks.
I've checked my glucose twice a day during my entire keto journey (and charted it). You are confirming what I've suspected. I appreciate the confirmation. I also have a keto meter but don't use it a lot because of the what you've outlined. I've started eating about a tablespoon of ginger root after my evening meal to help with that last bit of belly fat. (It's hot, lol) My sugar recently started to climb just a little. This is puzzling since everything I've read says the ginger should help sugar levels. Are the carbs in the ginger driving the increase or do you think it's the dawn?
Ginger it might be stressful to the body and affects the cortisol and then the glucose level! Just my hypothesis!
I’m new to IF…what times of the day do you test your glucose? TIA!😀
i’m currently on hour 52 of a 72 hour fast. blood sugar is at 45, ketones showed only .1 mmol/L so confused.
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What are your thoughts on blackseed oil?
Please make a video on hyperpigmentation on face, and thank you soo soo much for all this information.
first of all eat healthy no excess carbs, exercise cardiovascular conditioning for optimal skin health. now, if they're non-cancerous moles you have to co2 laser them off with a dermatologist. use skincare products with tyrosinase inhibitors to reduce melanin pigmentation on your skin. i personally use skincare with arbutin and consume glutathione orally. you want to look for foods with high antioxidants so eat your plants, no excessive prolonged sun exposure.
I would like a video on hyperpigmentation too. I have it on my face and in the last couple of years it is showing up on my forearms as well.
My Melasma. Hormonal fluctuations they told me
Hey since i started drink apple cider vinegar my pigmentation reduced within 2 month. Before i had big dark spots on my cheeks now they all gone away. Healthy diet and acv, nothing special needs to reduce melanin. You need vitamin C to reduce hiperpigmentation and acv will help you absorb v.C from your food. Do not take synthetic vitamin C as a supplement. Eat green vegetables and fruits.
Ive been using essential oils in a carrier oil, on my face. I use rosehip oil, for the vitC and since my skin is older (Im 54). I put carrotseed EO in it (warning, this smells kinda yucky but its the most important EO to use) and frankincense EO, tea tree EO and lavender EO. Dont use a high dilution, never apply EOs neat (undiluted).
Huge question. I was diagnosed with diabetes started doing keto, managed to change the diagnosis and I am no longer diabetic. I decided to get a keto monitor and start testing. I have NEVER managed to get higher than 0.5 in ketosis most of the time I am always measuring 0.0 to 0.3 but I check my glucose and its always somewhere from 78 to 85. Why cant I get into ketosis. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for everything that you do, Dr Berg!
Currently on Day 4 of a water only fast and tested both with the Keto Mojo device for the first time. Glucose 60 and Ketones 3.7, put me at a GKI of 0.9
No discomfort. Couldn’t be happier ❤
highest is not always the better (ketones)
most of the times i have gki below 3 ... around 1, but the optimal zone is 3-6
and ketone between 1-3 is the ideal
but keep your great work ...
ps. be careful with glucose below than 65 or around that...
Wondering what your thoughts are on the supposed Glucose-Ketone Index, or GKI? Is it a solid measurement or just a bunch of bunk? I've been using the Keto Mogo meter to test both Glucose and Ketones and it also gives a GKI score. For the last week I've been almost smack dab on 93 BG and 1 Ketones, which seems high glucose to me and low ketones. Yet the GKI score it gives me indicates "moderate ketosis".
Can you improve insulin resistance, leptin resistance and fatty liver at the same time? And if so how?
Both my blood glucose and ketones are usually high in the morning. For example, this morning my BG is 118, and ketone 3.1.
Thank you for everything am 13 kg down in two month without workout and without loosing muscle 👍👍👍👍👍
I really like your approach and the way you present all this knowledge! I am really interested in the keto diet but i was left with a couple questions..
The human body cant get glucose out of fat thats why it produces keton bodies instead right?
Why do anorexic people still have this typical breath odor, arent they in ketosis for a pretty long time? has this something to do with hypoglycemia?
I would love to hear/read your expertise on this! Or maybe somebody could recomend me a video where he already talked about this
Anorexics never refeed so their bodies are breaking down EVERYTHING. Over extended periods, years. Maybe that prevents the breath odor.
Dr Berg is it safe to take med while intermittent fasting
When is the best time to check my blood as I’ve been doing it as soon as I wake up,and notice after a glass of water and 30 mins it goes so much higher so does that take me out of ketosis
Thts a bit off normal bcus our body produces high cortisol as we wakes up which lead to increase in blood glucose. Hence, the some diabetic patients tend to have higher insulin dose in morning.
You mentioned that some body parts require little glucose. What if these parts are flawed in away that makes them act like an old battery? i.e. for some reason they draw too much energy or need more glucose than what a healthy limit would be. Is there such a condition?
Dr Berg, can you talk about Ashwaghanda? Will it affect serotonin negatively in the long term? Also, can it be taken with birth control?
When is best to test glucose and ketones? Before eating the first meal? If yes, Before exercise? Or after exercise if I exercise while fasting.
Do you reccomend blackseed oil?
De Berg when my blood sugar drops below 70 my eyes get real Sensitive to light and my vision gets blurred and I feel woozy. You have any suggestions?
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Could you talk about the hormone grelin?
Hello, can we actually test whether our insulin spikes after certain foods with an blood sugar monitor but without needing to pierce our finger???
anf if so, which device would you recommend
Finally, great video about most important thing for all of us here, buy your blood glucose+ketone monitor ASAP and start to gain your first real experience about what your meals do with your ketosis. :clap:
Dear Dr.Berg..i do simple IF and my glucose is always between 85-88.i feel grt.
Could you please do a video on whey protein isolate 15 minutes after HIIT and its HGH increasing effect? Specifically one with crystalline fructose as an ingredient. 5 total carbs, 1 fiber, 3 sugars. Integrated Supplements is the company. Am I sabotaging my HIIT when I have one serving within 5 minutes of finishing the workout? Thanks!
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hasn't responded to the Keto smoking gun outlined by NutritionFacts that all the mass lost by overweights was water and protein degradation; not lipids...
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Dr. Berg, is it intentionally that you didn't mention GKI, as there is a relationship between the two?
Hi De Berg I LOVE! all your videos on IF and keto, and yes I'm slowly transitioning from 2 meals a day to 1 meal/day. I'm also asking this question on behalf of my bf, when we go to 1 meal a day, do you think our body will be running short of required of potassium, trace minerals, vitamins, etc, since of course the amount of veggies/food in-take reduces when we switch to 1 meal a day ? Pls give us your thoughts on this... And a huge shout out to all those amazing content out there!! thank u dr berg :)
I just finished watching another of his videos
How to fix..... Oct 23 (or 26) 2016
He mentioned almost at the end of the video if you are eating a lot of Fats it is important to eat vegetable to get potassium for fatty liver.
Worth watch the video.
You wont eat much less. You will eat for a long period if youre OMAD and eating the bigass salad he promotes. Plus meat and maybe some cooked veggies. Maybe a treat at the end. If you cut back your intake your body will interpret this as starving and thats way diff from fasting.
My stomach is huge at the end of my OMAD and in fact I couldnt eat all I need to eat in an hr, so, stretched it to 2 hrs. Ive lost 55# (30# to go).
I take potassium and salt daily, during my fasting window. And magnesium nightly, at bedtime.
thanks guys for your response! the idea is even if you eat fewer meals and if u eat quality food your body can still adapt and survive! we will not lose/get depleted of essential trace minerals :)
I usually when I am fasting my blood glucose gets to 50 , 52 I feel great ,but I was surprised how low it gets without feeling ill
Dr. Berg can you do a video about the "zero carb bread"?
@MAGACOP actually, it's a huge topic.
its NOT bread its basically a high protein Quiche!!!
I think you mean high fiber. Either way, I just want him to do a video on it and discuss the ingredients. I personally don't eat it, I just constantly see posts about it on keto groups.
Ash AlTWD you mean the one from ALDI. I heard of it, someone says yes, others say no. Very confused on this one.
Anna Paul thats not zero carb. Its just another lowcarb bread. Im sure its gross too.
How can diabetics (taking insulin) switch to keto... Kindly guide
Dawn phenomenon is a natural circadian rhythm which spikes cortisol to give you energy when you wake.
I'm not even in Ketosis but find it very interesting with IF...trail runner and on the fence still.
dr berg. i cannot tell i am Doing keto (whether is it burning the fat or not) i am trying out.
Very good
Thank you very much!
what's the best way to test glucose and keytones?
I'm not sure if you have already done a video on it, but I am wondering if cheating ruins all progress in lowering insulin levels? I am not looking for an excuse to cheat I have just been curious about this for a while.
I looked for a ketone tester at Walgreens and Walmart and there wasn't one for sale. Where can I find one. I won't buy anything from Amazon.
After a 5-day fast I went in for a blood test at 110 hours and came in at 78 on glucose. At the time I did not have a ketone tester, but now with my Keto_Mojo I've documented getting into nutritional Ketosis (0.8) in as little as 5 hours if I work out and deplete my glycogen, so I can't imagine not being well into Ketosis at 110 hours. Also, I wake up at 7am, so to eliminate the Dawn Phenomenon at 110-hours, I went in at 10am for the test. And I'm as stress free as it gets, so I can't see cortisol being at play after a great night's sleep. Therefore, my experience thus far has been that glucose is more of a set-point like cholesterol, which for me has always been around 260 (+/- 10), regardless of diet and exercise. It's amazing how every doctor I've had wants to get me on a statin, despite the fact I have arterial ultrasounds documenting I have no plaque buildup, a resting heart-rate of 55, 9% body-fat and a lean athletic build. Just shows you it's all about pushing pills. I plan on doing another 5-day fast next week, so I'll be documenting my G/K levels with 9am and 9pm tests daily.
I have been strict clean keto for 3 months. My morning blood sugar is still around 150. I won't eat until it is below 100. This sometimes takes 12 to 14 hours. I'm so glad I changed my lifestyle, but I wonder how long it will take to reduce the insulin resistance. I must have been in worse shape than I knew. I will never go back to sugar and carbs. Feeling great and loosing weight.
Im in the same boat.If I don't eat till noon my sugar keeps going up Ex.8am- 120 930- 130 1100- 140 12- 140.Its pretty discouraging with eating less than 20 carbs a day and if for 18/6 for 14 months.
@@AjayKumar-gt5qi I'm still not going back to sugar and carbs. That is how I got this way in the first place.
If the Dawn phenomena has the peak of glucose is it right that we do our blood test after fasting the night before? Isn't that gives a wrong average result that is why many are found to be pre diabetic?
They test A1C. Which tests the past 3 months. So, I don’t think it matters what time of day you test.