Yes, I've had this problem and it did baffle me. 4weeks into keto I was getting negative or trace results on the sticks. So this video has been enlightening, as I have and still am, losing weight. Also I have more stable energy, but still find I have trouble sleeping. I think I'm doing all the right things, so time to put the sticks away. Thanks for this channel it's really helpful
I started keto on December Second and I lost 5 pounds in two weeks. This is the first time that I lost to many pounds in short time. Before this it took me like five months to loose 5 pounds. In total I lost 10 pounds. I bought stripes to test ketosis but came negative. My cloth is getting loose and my body is turning nice.
Yes. Unless I am in the midst of a multi-day fast, the keto sticks show little or no ketones.. I have been doing Keto for going on 5 months, and have had a steady weight loss.. I miss that dark purple reading, but know that I am still on track..
Dan I now understood my recent Gout flare up. I was wondering why I am suffering when I was doing the right thing. And it was the same 2 years ago. Pffff.... Got it now 👍🙂
Thank you, I’m on a very low carb diet and my sticks come out clear. I’m glad to know that this is actually a good thing since I’ve been doing Keto for 5 months.
Yes! 3 weeks tracking all my food and carbs religiously and the past couple days, my urine stick is not detecting ketones, leading me to research and find this video! Thank you!
I've been super strict for a month and I was so frustrated when I tested and it barely turned a color. I didn't know what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Nothing wrong at all. Newbies never seem to be told there is a standard sequence of events. For the first two weeks, the sticks might show high ketones. Then at the start of week 3, our bodies switch from emergency mode to just being in the winter. So the sticks go light, trace or even negative. That's the normal sequence of events.
Thanks for the information. I have lost more than 50 pounds in 4 months. I tried urine testing strips with no indications of ketosis. I have for the last 4 months massively reduced my carbohydrate and protein intake. I have lost the allmost continuous impulse to eat that once was there. I still find this to be remarkable. I feel very good and sharper mentally. Also pain in my knee and shoulder have reduced to low very low levels. Keep the protein intake down to 1 or two ounces or 25 to 50 grams. Any protein more than this is converted to sugars. Thanks again for your reassuring and informative video.
Finally a video that explains it. I do IF and in the last two weeks ive done 2, 3 days fasts and not had ketones register in either. Lost weight but was confused why no ketones. This makes me feel better
yes. I was in ketosis for the first few weeks and then it dropped off, yet I was eating the same and still losing weight. Thanks for this video. It made me feel so much better.
Same here, after 4 weeks of purple sticks they've literally all of a sudden changed to negative or trace and my diet hasn't changed, which is why I'm here.
WOW! My brother-in-law developed gout. He also went on a Keto diet and lost about 30 lbs. Not sure the MD that treated his gout thought to ask about this specific connection. Of course they address diet, exercise, but THIS, now this a a detail that is so useful for real!
I'm eight months into a keto diet with daily 18-6 time restricted eating, doing 24hour fast one day a week, just tested with ketostix for the first time at twenty houres showing zero keytones. Just tested again today 17 houres into 18 no keytones, this vid makes me feel much better thanks.
mommyof3 I know. I was showing super dark colors on the strips and then in the last few days slowly got down to showing nothing. I was stressing out thinking I did something wrong.
After 4 months doing keto with strict net carb control, got my strips. Try #1 in the morning was 0.5, #2, 3, 4 too, #5 was 1.5 after my only meal of the day. The next day I was negative and desperate 🤣 I guess having been on intermittent fasting for 2 years got me into ketosis very quickly and my body mostly knew what to do with ketones already. Thank you for this video, straight to the point!
Hi! I’ve been on the keto diet for about a year and a few months now, and not seeing ketones in my urine was discouraging. Thank you so much for this video! It makes feel alot better about continuing my diet.
After 2 months of doing Keto, I finally got some Ketone Strips. They indicate that I am not in ketosis. From you video I found out the my body is adjusting to the keto diet. Thanks for you help.
It’s great to find a British made channel on this topic. Thank you. I’m getting trace measurements with ketone sticks but I am losing weight and gaining energy. Thank you for explaining this apparent contradiction.
What a relief to watch this video. It always showed negative from the get go.I’ve been the on diet 2 months. Not going down as fast I thought.But last week I dropped 2lbs in one week which was encouraging.
Thank You I'm one who suffers with gout, I haven't had a problem in a long time until I started a Ketone diet, I've done it before with great success, but you know the story but I'm back and this info was GREAT so thank you and it explained a lot to me.
WOW I really needed to hear this. My urine ketone levels dropped off. I also noticed that the PH levels in my urine had dropped a bit, (from 5.5 to 5.0) but I never considered it to be related. Thanks so much, I've only been keto since September 21, and bounced out of ketosis around the holidays. I really thought I had done something wrong and was going to start counting every carb again like when I started. Thanks again, and keep doing what you're doing.
OMGosh!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I have been on and off Atkins/Keto for about 15yrs now... I didn't always eat healthy, but until the last 4yrs I have not been able to lose as much or as fast. I can literally get into Ketosis in 1 - 2 days.. then all if a sudden... nothing. Now it makes since... because I was in Ketosis last week and then nothing... I didn't change my diet and went more strict. HOWEVER, I was having Fibromyalgia flare ups 🤦🏾♀️. I will stay on Keto, it has become a way of life. It is just so frustrating.
Yes in all 3 accounts. Initial gout flare up 1st week Strong ketosis measurement by week 2 Gout disappeared during week 2 Absent of ketosis in urine week 3 1/2
Thank you for enlightening me because I was so frustrated that the ketone sticks show I'm no longer in ketosis since going carnivore. I have been full carnivore for 5 weeks and down 12 lbs. and I've been keto since last Thanksgiving and down 42.4 lbs since then. I feel amazing and have greatly improved my bloodwork profile since starting keto and will be retested at the end of September with 2 full months on carnivore. So, we'll see the difference in my bloodwork profile soon.
I want to thank you for the videos you produce. I find them very interesting, informative and easy to understand. I now listen to you and a few others to continue to gain more knowledge on keto and how the body works. You are awesome! Thank you!
Thank you, Shawna! Messages like this make me VERY HAPPY! I'm really glad you're finding them valuable! Please let me know if you have any questions - either by email (on the website) or in the comments here! Maybe I can make further videos in response to any questions you might have! Thank you for watching :)
@@DrDanMaggs I am watching your videos to get know more about my fasting and ketones. I am diabetic. Started my fasting with bullet proof coffee. After 24 hours fasting my glucose reading was 154. No change in the urine analysis strip. 48 hours of fasting the glucose reading is 102. The strip analysis matched the 2nd one. Please let me know how am I doing? Your videos are very well explained. Thank you for posting such valuable information. 👍👌 job.
Thank you for the information - I like to understand what my body is doing and so not seeing ketones in my urine after a 24 hour fast was confusing. Really appreciate the insight.
Thanks so much Doc. I tried the keto diet about 6 months ago and the sticks told the tale, I was in Ketosis. Then it seems I was kicked out of keto after 6 weeks, so I extended the diet to its 7th week but the sticks kept saying "No". I had lost about 25 lbs so I didn't worry about it. Fast forward to now, 6 months later, and I decided to do another 1.5 months of Keto. After two weeks the sticks are saying and have said from the beginning "No". I was so distressed and wondered why. Your explanation made sense and is most comforting. So I will carry on. I've always been a results oriented guy so I'll see if I go down another pant size rather than worry about the sticks. BTW, the last time I was on keto and lost weight, I continued to lose weight AFTER I stopped. I had to tighten the belt notch once again after about a month after. Keto, for me, is the diet that keeps on giving.
There is one discouraging thing that's come to mind about this though... If your kidneys have adapted to not excreting the valuable ketones, that means your body is using them. If your body is using the clean burning ketones and not excreting them, then weight lose may be slowed down or stopped altogether. In my case, time will tell but if you'd like to comment on this bit of supposed bad news, please let us know.
I've not gotten a negative, but rather, never getting well into a level of ketones/darker purple, instead a very pale pink, while completely on ketogenic food. I'm still losing weight so I don't worry about it.
Yes!!!! I've had so much inflammation more then ever, I might stop it hurt so much. I might keep going I've made it so far...but now that I'm hearing that it may go away, I'm hoping sooner then later.
6 days after I started the keto diet, now the unrine strips shows very low ketones. I feel more energetic, my brain focused and clarity increased. Less hungry. My allergies reduced alot. First few days at the start urine ketones reading was over 8 which very high. I had bad taste in my mouth and very dry lips and eyes. Joints and back pain. The key for me was that i keept drinking 350ml water every 2 hrs. 😊
I know a other story because that sticks. At the beginning of a ketogenic diet they show ketones. But with time, you dont see any ketones in Urin anymore. And thats because the body know how to use the ketones and not pie them out. From uric acid i hear the first time.
Your videos are very helpful. I just started the keto diet a week ago and have read about it for a while. It is quite a process to get educated about the food and restrictions. So far so good ! Thanks so much
Been on carnivore for 5 days. No ketones at all in my urine. I feel great and didn't have any sort of keto flu. I've been eating a lot of meat this year so perhaps my body was just ready for this change and adapted faster than others. Whatever is going on, I feel amazing!
Thank you for the video. I have been a yo-yo keto'r but have suffered from gout for years. I couldn't figure out why my flare ups have been so extreme over the last few years. this is a great explanation.
Omgosh! Finally a video on just what I was looking for!!! I started keto 4 months ago and a couple of weeks ago when I went and had blood work my uric acid levels were really high, but I have no painful joints or swelling and my iron is a bit low. I finally know why and am not so stress out about it. Thank you!!!
In 10th week of carnivore and no ketones in urine. I have added heavy cream and blue cheese recently but no sweets or other sources of carbs. Your video eases my mind. Thanks.
yes ! exactly where i am now, on OMAD and Keto diet.. losing weight, not craving sugars or chocolate ... not showing keto on urine strips, but convinced i am in keto. .. it's been weeks since i started.
So lucky to watch your video Started keto was interested in testing but then you explained about gout. Never had gout in my life till this week, so relived thought I had health issues. Thanks
Yes I have experienced low ketone stick levels in spite of being on a Keto plan for 6 years or so. Feel great by the way and just wanted to use the Keto sticks before the expiry date. Good to have an explanation
Wow Dr Dan I can confirm info you provider here for us ! I started Keto in April 2021. In October 2021 I had some ketones in my urine (it was done by lab during regular check-up bloodwork ) and yesterday (March 15 2022) I see NO ketones in my urine results. Therefore I can confirm what you said is correct and I am glad that I can confirm with you (Dr.) that this is normal and alright and I don't have to be concern about this outcome but rather be happy with my results. greetings from Poland Dr. Dan :-)
Been doing < 50g carb for 3 months, weight quickly dropped from 250 lbs. to 217 lbs. - only intake carbs from a few grapes or strawberries a day so definitely under 50 carbs a day - feeling great. Decided to try urine test strips but they show no ketones. I know I'm probably in ketosis because the weight is still falling off - thanks for this explanation - makes sense - I was worried I was doing something wrong.
@@nefariousfox4891 I got to 175 but stalled. The Lee’s you have to lose, the less you can lose so don’t get bummed if it slows a lot when you reach a pretty lean state. I switched to carnivore for a few months and it was great.
If I had 50g of carbs in a day, it’d likely knock me out of ketosis. I’m on week two of keto diet(I’ve tried this diet once before and failed but now am determined) and have shot for less than 10g carbs a day. It’s difficult, but my body is responding incredibly well. Started at 261 lbs 15 days ago and am down to 242 now. Almost 20 lbs! Granted, I did weigh myself at different times: first weigh in was late evening, and today was mid afternoon. Probably a 3-4 lb fluctuation. Excited to get below 200 by November. That’s my goal.
I’ve been on keto for 9 weeks and where I was showing positive for ketones in my urine in the beginning but no longer do. However there is an exception, I alternate my fitness training regime between weights and cardio during the week. On cardio days (1hr cross trainer av HR 140bpm) I show a sharp rise on the keto sticks after training 4+mml. No change on my weight training days.
Hi Nick! Thanks for your comment! Really interesting to hear this! Do you measure your blood ketones? If so, how does that correlate with your urinary ketones? Would be interesting to hear!
Dr Dan Maggs thanks for the reply. I’ve only used the sticks to date and looked into the blood and breath options available. I would really prefer a reliable breath monitor over the blood meter but will balance up the costs of ongoing use before making a decision. Just out of curiosity I trained twice in one day yesterday. Weight training in the morning and aerobic cross training in the afternoon. Testing myself before and after 1 pre weight training negative ketone result on stick 2 post weight training negative ketone result on stick 3 post aerobic training positive ketone result on stick (high level) Im not fixated on the results as I’m quite confident that I’m in ketosis and that the test sticks are just an aid.
If you do get the breath monitor, let me know how you get on with it. I couldn't get it to work for me a couple of years ago, but I'd love to know how others get on!
This was very helpful information. I am 5 days into my keto diet and my urine dip sticks were showing 1.5 ketones but my keto mojo was showing I was not in ketosis. Now I totally understand why the difference in the two measurements. So now I look forward to the day the urine sticks do not show ketones.
Just come across you video, that's a great help, I started keto just over 3 weeks ago and I've just lost a stone, and have been frustrated thinking why am I now not in ketosis, so thanks for easing my mind 👍
Thanks for the video sir, I was having all the benefits of keto and dropping weight but had negative readings on the strips. I was wondering why and got my question answered. I don’t ever use them but my wife joined me in the keto lifestyle and bought some so I gave it a try. Now I have been educated on this. Thanks again!
great, thanks for that. As a gout sufferer I have noticed gout flare ups while going into ketosis, I have the odd bing day during a month and notice the gout flare ups ... good idea about not going in and out of my carnivore diet, thanks again
Been on leo for over a year and I have been faithful very faithful. Started at 296 currently I hang in the 235 - 237 up and down. I am comfortable there. I have been able to maintain my weight in the mid 230,s Thanks to a keto life style which has been really good to me I’m to lazy to spend hours researching I just watch my net carbs. I just started 3 days ago seriously counting my every carb and increasing my exercise to try and loose 5-7 pds to put me in the upper 220,s and try to maintain my weight in the 225-227 range Wish me luck lol
I’ve noticed on days I drink a lot of water if I test on a urine strip in the afternoon or evening, even when I’m fasting and haven’t eaten anything to change my ketones, it’ll show trace or none even if I tested with my first morning uti be and it showed moderate to large. It’s just like pregnancy or drug tests. I explain it like making tea. If you have one teabag and one cup of water your tea will be strong. If you have one teabag and a gallon of water your tea will be weak and you’ll barely taste it. The teabag is the ketones the test strip is reacting to and the water is, well, water in your urine.
Aha, clarity at last. Thanks for this, you have a new subscriber. I've guessed my body in transitioning without the positive readings as I'm consistently losing weight. Really enjoying the food I've been eating, brain fog is clearing at last :-)
Yip!! I don’t suffer with gout but have an old hip injury that flared up so bad I’m back on walking aid. Could be a coincidence but I’ve been on strict keto for nearly 3 weeks now and today I stopped showing up positive for ketones in the urine! Jaw dropped after watching this video. Fingers crossed by hip pain now starts to fade with the uric acid in my blood. Gobsmacked
Hi ❤ your chanal I struggle with chronic pain in my bag after a horse accident ☹ got at titanium disk between c5/c6. I also have fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis. This was so helpful to know 🙏 thank you so much. Love ❤ from Denmark 🇩🇰
Thanks for explaining this! Ketones are being stingy and I just got a mild gout for first time after 20 days keto. Only lost 3 pounds. But sticking with it. Lost 60lbs before and health benefits!
YES, especially going through the keto flu but still showing no trace. I thought it was my hormones as a woman, but I've been doing this for about a month now and the strips never showed it but I've had plenty of symptoms then coming out of the other end with clarity and weightloss.
Thank you for explaining. Its miserable when you do keto and can't get a positive test. I wondered if it was due to my failed Hashi's thyro and diabetic hormones?
What a relief 😅! I just couldn’t understand why I wasn’t in Keto. I’ve been so strict and disciplined. I lowered my macros thinking that’s what I needed to do
Hi started Keto 7 weeks ago, been strictly sticking to almost zero carbs,,except through maybe a carrot or onion in a meat stew, otherwise no carbs and zero sugar. Bought the urine strips yesterday and yes was disappointed to see they registered clear.
Ive been on the dark side of the ketone urine test for 4 months, i started working out on my 5th month keto and now km close in the middle of clear and some pinkish. I thought working out is messing with my keto diet, is it though? Does it burn all my ketones and prevents my body to burn stored fat?
Here's an interesting data geek scenario that I couldn't ever figure out. Would love your opinion. We aren't concerned as our results have been great, but it's just always been a weird anomaly My wife and I started keto at the same time and eat pretty close to the same meals, with some slight portion differences. She ALWAYS gets a high result on the Urine strips, like DEEP on the scale, but almost without fail, exactly half of what I score on the blood test. Me, on the other hand, usually test in the 1.8-3.0 range on blood tests (sometimes a weird outlier in either direction) but my urine tests have ALWAYS been trace amounts, regardless of my blood results. Again, we are not concerned that we are doing anything wrong, it's just always been a weird thing. Thoughts? Great channel BTW, I really like the way your ideas are presented and organized.
so these sticks dont work....how do I know I am in a ketogenic state if the sticks dont work _? so dark is good but light color is also good.... confused
Piled on nearly 3 stones after stopping smoking . I swim daily , practise martial art twice weekly and walk everywhere . Stopped eating / reducing carbs , focussing on proteins intake but still put on weight . No sign of ketosis My joints are agony ! Pretty fed up!
High fat low protein very low carbs are the key to ketosis, like 70-80% of calories need to come from fat. If low fat high protein the body turns the protein to carbs in the liver - glycogenesis. You can bypass ketosis entirelly even at zero caebs but high protein
I would love a video about how safe it is to go Keto. I spoke to a naturopath who said Keto was dangerous- I would love to hear more about this from a medical doctor. :-)
+Gemma Boak Hey Gemma. Thanks for commenting. I was just planning out my videos for the next few months last night and I safety and addressing common concerns is going to be something that I will be making videos about before. It would be really helpful to understand any specific concerns that they have around ketosis. All I’ll say for now is that it’s well evolved metabolic pathway that our ancestors spent an awful lot of their time in! Secondly, it’s important to note that I’m just providing information rather than making specific recommendations about the suitability of this diet for people. I do plan to try and present a balanced view. This will all come out in the fullness of time through my videos and website. I see a ketogenic diet as a tool within the low carb spectrum that is probably most helpful for people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. It’s definitely not going to be suitable for everyone - nor nessecarily should it! Unfortunately, because I’m trying to make videos to match commonly searched terms in this space, I’m not presenting the information in a linear format that would make a lot more sense!
Anecdotally, my health is a lot better than it was when I was consuming a lot of carbs. Seven months of strict keto and I've lost 50lbs to become a normal weight again, I've lost ten inches off my waist, my visceral fat is 4 on a scale of 1 - 59, my gum disease has disappeared and I now have excellent gum health according to my dentist, my depression has lifted which has allowed me to ditch my anti-depressants, I sleep better, and my skin looks great. Ooh, and ketones repel mosquitoes so I had the summer free from being bitten to pieces in my sleep. It blows my mind that anyone would suggest that what I'm doing is dangerous compared to how I ate before. Something I found difficult at first was shaking the idea that fat is bad and that if you eat fat, you get fat. I've spent my whole adult life avoiding both saturated and unsaturated fat as much as possible (and I was still fat and depressed). People who promote the idea that the keto diet is dangerous often seem to be stuck on the idea that fat is inherently bad for you. Either that or they're promoting a plant-based diet. Thanks to the Atkins Diet, I think there are also a lot of preconceptions that people on keto are forgoing their nutritional needs in favour of drinking bacon fat and eating nothing but meat.
@@alexukbrighton, thank you SO much for leaving this comment. What a GREAT story! This is kind of story I hope more people will end up telling as a result of this channel in the longer term! This is why I'm doing what I'm doing! I'd love to chat more with you about your amazing health transformation! I'd love you to get in touch - dan@drdanmaggs.com
I did keto back in 2012, back then there was only like 4 videos on UA-cam about this diet, Dr. Eric Westman, Stephanie Ketoperson and two other people I can't remember, but I lost 85 pounds in 5 months, I learned that I could sneak a little carbs in like mozzarella sticks, cheese cake, fried chicken and fish, as long as it wasn't heavily battered, I would remain in keto, but what worked for me may not work for you.
YES I am so grateful for this video! Because my absence of brain fog tells me I am on ketones BUT the sticks are negative and I was getting REALLY worried I'd knocked myself out of ketosis. So thanks Dan. PS Are you a NHS trained doc, and if so how can I best explain my diet to my GP who might see it as a fad, off UA-cam!
do goes don't even learn about nutrition to become MDs. do stop talking to your doctor about something they don't know about. they are like mechanics. you don't go to mecanics when you have issues with the electronics.
I was once severely depressed after a break up and I didn't eat a thing for a week. I went to the dr and peed out a ton of ketones. If there's no ketones leaking then your not burning fat and not losing weight in my opinion.
Supplement with some exogenous ketones and mct oil when the symptoms come. They will and it sucks. Those two things mitigate it really, really well. And drink a shit ton of water.
Have you ever experienced this problem? Hit reply and let me know!
Yes, I've had this problem and it did baffle me. 4weeks into keto I was getting negative or trace results on the sticks. So this video has been enlightening, as I have and still am, losing weight. Also I have more stable energy, but still find I have trouble sleeping. I think I'm doing all the right things, so time to put the sticks away. Thanks for this channel it's really helpful
I lost 12 kgs now.I started keto diet two months back now urine ketone is showing negative.
I started keto on December Second and I lost 5 pounds in two weeks. This is the first time that I lost to many pounds in short time. Before this it took me like five months to loose 5 pounds. In total I lost 10 pounds. I bought stripes to test ketosis but came negative. My cloth is getting loose and my body is turning nice.
Yes. Unless I am in the midst of a multi-day fast, the keto sticks show little or no ketones.. I have been doing Keto for going on 5 months, and have had a steady weight loss.. I miss that dark purple reading, but know that I am still on track..
Dan I now understood my recent Gout flare up. I was wondering why I am suffering when I was doing the right thing. And it was the same 2 years ago. Pffff.... Got it now 👍🙂
Two and 1/2 years on keto and no ketones in my urine. Seventy pounds lost and feeling great. Thank you for this video.
Thank you, I’m on a very low carb diet and my sticks come out clear. I’m glad to know that this is actually a good thing since I’ve been doing Keto for 5 months.
Yes! 3 weeks tracking all my food and carbs religiously and the past couple days, my urine stick is not detecting ketones, leading me to research and find this video! Thank you!
2 years later and now I am 😂
@@marccleary8592 lol 😄 yes...the same here on 4/8/24
Why no more ketones again?
@@ahmedkhidre4876because you are fat adapted in the beginning it works because you are not fat adapted
I've been super strict for a month and I was so frustrated when I tested and it barely turned a color. I didn't know what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Nothing wrong at all. Newbies never seem to be told there is a standard sequence of events. For the first two weeks, the sticks might show high ketones. Then at the start of week 3, our bodies switch from emergency mode to just being in the winter. So the sticks go light, trace or even negative. That's the normal sequence of events.
Sebastian Vettel sure knows a lot about ketosis
Looks more like Ted Kravitz in his before keto picture
For sure a Seb look a like
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Thanks for the information. I have lost more than 50 pounds in 4 months. I tried urine testing strips with no indications of ketosis. I have for the last 4 months massively reduced my carbohydrate and protein intake. I have lost the
allmost continuous impulse to eat that once was there. I still find this to be remarkable. I feel very good and sharper mentally. Also pain in
my knee and shoulder have reduced
to low very low levels. Keep the protein intake down to 1 or two ounces or 25 to 50 grams. Any protein more than this is converted to sugars. Thanks again for your reassuring and informative video.
You mean carb levels not protein levels surely? I'm confused
Finally a video that explains it. I do IF and in the last two weeks ive done 2, 3 days fasts and not had ketones register in either. Lost weight but was confused why no ketones. This makes me feel better
yes. I was in ketosis for the first few weeks and then it dropped off, yet I was eating the same and still losing weight. Thanks for this video. It made me feel so much better.
Same here, after 4 weeks of purple sticks they've literally all of a sudden changed to negative or trace and my diet hasn't changed, which is why I'm here.
WOW! My brother-in-law developed gout. He also went on a Keto diet and lost about 30 lbs. Not sure the MD that treated his gout thought to ask about this specific connection. Of course they address diet, exercise, but THIS, now this a a detail that is so useful for real!
I’ve been so frustrated with my recent tests. My strips were dark red last week and I didn’t change anything. Thanks for clarifying. Subbed.
I’ve been going crazy. Thank you for this video.
I'm eight months into a keto diet with daily 18-6 time restricted eating, doing 24hour fast one day a week, just tested with ketostix for the first time at twenty houres showing zero keytones. Just tested again today 17 houres into 18 no keytones, this vid makes me feel much better thanks.
Finally someone who explains it in way I can understand! Very informative and quite a relief. I really appreciated this video!
I thought I was the only one who was testing negative with those damn strips!
mommyof3 I know. I was showing super dark colors on the strips and then in the last few days slowly got down to showing nothing. I was stressing out thinking I did something wrong.
Me too. I was mad af
OMG luckily I am not the only one , I am at the end of the second week and my strips are showing really clear and I perfectly know I am eating keto
mommyof3 me too
@@hunterspoint33 I felt that 🤣😩😊
After 4 months doing keto with strict net carb control, got my strips. Try #1 in the morning was 0.5, #2, 3, 4 too, #5 was 1.5 after my only meal of the day. The next day I was negative and desperate 🤣 I guess having been on intermittent fasting for 2 years got me into ketosis very quickly and my body mostly knew what to do with ketones already. Thank you for this video, straight to the point!
Yes. Thank you so much. I was about to stop keto nutrition cause i was disappointed even though i still loose weight! Now i feel "strong" again!
Hi! I’ve been on the keto diet for about a year and a few months now, and not seeing ketones in my urine was discouraging. Thank you so much for this video! It makes feel alot better about continuing my diet.
Are you loosing weight
After 2 months of doing Keto, I finally got some Ketone Strips. They indicate that I am not in ketosis. From you video I found out the my body is adjusting to the keto diet. Thanks for you help.
It’s great to find a British made channel on this topic. Thank you. I’m getting trace measurements with ketone sticks but I am losing weight and gaining energy. Thank you for explaining this apparent contradiction.
I actually agree😊🌹🇭🇲💃
What a relief to watch this video. It always showed negative from the get go.I’ve been the on diet 2 months. Not going down as fast I thought.But last week I dropped 2lbs in one week which was encouraging.
Hello Dan, B from Norway here. I think this video really cleared up my lack of ketones in the urine, so thanks a million.
Thanks! My strip was purple yesterday and white today and i’m on a carnivore diet!
Very interesting, that’s why my blood ketones are good and my urine sticks are normal. Thank you so much. Your style is so clear.
Thanks Morton! Really appreciating you picking up on this. Always try to be as clear as possible in my videos. Glad you found it useful!
Thank You I'm one who suffers with gout, I haven't had a problem in a long time until I started a Ketone diet, I've done it before with great success, but you know the story but I'm back and this info was GREAT so thank you and it explained a lot to me.
WOW I really needed to hear this. My urine ketone levels dropped off. I also noticed that the PH levels in my urine had dropped a bit, (from 5.5 to 5.0) but I never considered it to be related. Thanks so much, I've only been keto since September 21, and bounced out of ketosis around the holidays. I really thought I had done something wrong and was going to start counting every carb again like when I started. Thanks again, and keep doing what you're doing.
OMGosh!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I have been on and off Atkins/Keto for about 15yrs now... I didn't always eat healthy, but until the last 4yrs I have not been able to lose as much or as fast. I can literally get into Ketosis in 1 - 2 days.. then all if a sudden... nothing. Now it makes since... because I was in Ketosis last week and then nothing... I didn't change my diet and went more strict. HOWEVER, I was having Fibromyalgia flare ups 🤦🏾♀️. I will stay on Keto, it has become a way of life. It is just so frustrating.
I fast for 48 hours and 24 but No ketosis. I had my blood done and liver and kidney are running normal. I eat a very healthy diet.
Yes in all 3 accounts.
Initial gout flare up 1st week
Strong ketosis measurement by week 2
Gout disappeared during week 2
Absent of ketosis in urine week 3 1/2
Thank you for enlightening me because I was so frustrated that the ketone sticks show I'm no longer in ketosis since going carnivore. I have been full carnivore for 5 weeks and down 12 lbs. and I've been keto since last Thanksgiving and down 42.4 lbs since then. I feel amazing and have greatly improved my bloodwork profile since starting keto and will be retested at the end of September with 2 full months on carnivore. So, we'll see the difference in my bloodwork profile soon.
I want to thank you for the videos you produce. I find them very interesting, informative and easy to understand. I now listen to you and a few others to continue to gain more knowledge on keto and how the body works. You are awesome! Thank you!
Thank you, Shawna! Messages like this make me VERY HAPPY! I'm really glad you're finding them valuable! Please let me know if you have any questions - either by email (on the website) or in the comments here! Maybe I can make further videos in response to any questions you might have! Thank you for watching :)
@@DrDanMaggs I am watching your videos to get know more about my fasting and ketones. I am diabetic. Started my fasting with bullet proof coffee. After 24 hours fasting my glucose reading was 154. No change in the urine analysis strip. 48 hours of fasting the glucose reading is 102. The strip analysis matched the 2nd one. Please let me know how am I doing?
Your videos are very well explained. Thank you for posting such valuable information. 👍👌 job.
Thank you for the information - I like to understand what my body is doing and so not seeing ketones in my urine after a 24 hour fast was confusing. Really appreciate the insight.
Thanks so much Doc. I tried the keto diet about 6 months ago and the sticks told the tale, I was in Ketosis. Then it seems I was kicked out of keto after 6 weeks, so I extended the diet to its 7th week but the sticks kept saying "No". I had lost about 25 lbs so I didn't worry about it. Fast forward to now, 6 months later, and I decided to do another 1.5 months of Keto. After two weeks the sticks are saying and have said from the beginning "No". I was so distressed and wondered why. Your explanation made sense and is most comforting. So I will carry on. I've always been a results oriented guy so I'll see if I go down another pant size rather than worry about the sticks.
BTW, the last time I was on keto and lost weight, I continued to lose weight AFTER I stopped. I had to tighten the belt notch once again after about a month after. Keto, for me, is the diet that keeps on giving.
There is one discouraging thing that's come to mind about this though... If your kidneys have adapted to not excreting the valuable ketones, that means your body is using them. If your body is using the clean burning ketones and not excreting them, then weight lose may be slowed down or stopped altogether. In my case, time will tell but if you'd like to comment on this bit of supposed bad news, please let us know.
I've not gotten a negative, but rather, never getting well into a level of ketones/darker purple, instead a very pale pink, while completely on ketogenic food. I'm still losing weight so I don't worry about it.
Yes. I check it in my stripes. I thought my stripe was spoiled despite the strip hasn't reached expiration period.
Yes!!!! I've had so much inflammation more then ever, I might stop it hurt so much. I might keep going I've made it so far...but now that I'm hearing that it may go away, I'm hoping sooner then later.
6 days after I started the keto diet, now the unrine strips shows very low ketones. I feel more energetic, my brain focused and clarity increased. Less hungry. My allergies reduced alot. First few days at the start urine ketones reading was over 8 which very high. I had bad taste in my mouth and very dry lips and eyes. Joints and back pain. The key for me was that i keept drinking 350ml water every 2 hrs. 😊
I know a other story because that sticks. At the beginning of a ketogenic diet they show ketones. But with time, you dont see any ketones in Urin anymore. And thats because the body know how to use the ketones and not pie them out. From uric acid i hear the first time.
Your videos are very helpful. I just started the keto diet a week ago and have read about it for a while. It is quite a process to get educated about the food and restrictions. So far so good ! Thanks so much
Been on carnivore for 5 days. No ketones at all in my urine. I feel great and didn't have any sort of keto flu. I've been eating a lot of meat this year so perhaps my body was just ready for this change and adapted faster than others. Whatever is going on, I feel amazing!
Thank you for the video. I have been a yo-yo keto'r but have suffered from gout for years. I couldn't figure out why my flare ups have been so extreme over the last few years. this is a great explanation.
Omgosh! Finally a video on just what I was looking for!!! I started keto 4 months ago and a couple of weeks ago when I went and had blood work my uric acid levels were really high, but I have no painful joints or swelling and my iron is a bit low. I finally know why and am not so stress out about it. Thank you!!!
In 10th week of carnivore and no ketones in urine. I have added heavy cream and blue cheese recently but no sweets or other sources of carbs. Your video eases my mind. Thanks.
yes ! exactly where i am now, on OMAD and Keto diet.. losing weight, not craving sugars or chocolate ... not showing keto on urine strips, but convinced i am in keto. .. it's been weeks since i started.
❤Thank you I just got the strips!!!
me too!
So lucky to watch your video
Started keto was interested in testing but then you explained about gout.
Never had gout in my life till this week, so relived thought I had health issues.
Thanks
Yes I have experienced low ketone stick levels in spite of being on a Keto plan for 6 years or so. Feel great by the way and just wanted to use the Keto sticks before the expiry date. Good to have an explanation
The information you share is so useful - I wouldn't have known all of this! Thanks for explaining, cheers!
Thank you so much for watching Adriana! Really appreciate you!
Wow Dr Dan I can confirm info you provider here for us ! I started Keto in April 2021. In October 2021 I had some ketones in my urine (it was done by lab during regular check-up bloodwork )
and yesterday (March 15 2022) I see NO ketones in my urine results. Therefore I can confirm what you said is correct and I am glad that I can confirm with you (Dr.) that this is normal and
alright and I don't have to be concern about this outcome but rather be happy with my results.
greetings from Poland Dr. Dan :-)
Happened today. Thanks for clearing that up!
Been doing < 50g carb for 3 months, weight quickly dropped from 250 lbs. to 217 lbs. - only intake carbs from a few grapes or strawberries a day so definitely under 50 carbs a day - feeling great. Decided to try urine test strips but they show no ketones. I know I'm probably in ketosis because the weight is still falling off - thanks for this explanation - makes sense - I was worried I was doing something wrong.
Same I was 250 and now 205. Losing about a pound a day it seems
@@nefariousfox4891 I got to 175 but stalled. The Lee’s you have to lose, the less you can lose so don’t get bummed if it slows a lot when you reach a pretty lean state. I switched to carnivore for a few months and it was great.
Thanks for letting me know and holy 175? That would be my goal weight I think
@@nefariousfox4891 Keep going… treadmill, walk, lift weights… sounds like you’ll get there. 👍👍👍
If I had 50g of carbs in a day, it’d likely knock me out of ketosis. I’m on week two of keto diet(I’ve tried this diet once before and failed but now am determined) and have shot for less than 10g carbs a day. It’s difficult, but my body is responding incredibly well. Started at 261 lbs 15 days ago and am down to 242 now. Almost 20 lbs! Granted, I did weigh myself at different times: first weigh in was late evening, and today was mid afternoon. Probably a 3-4 lb fluctuation. Excited to get below 200 by November. That’s my goal.
Thank youuu, i was getting pissed lol, i went from moderate to small and i wonder wat d hell happened lol
Easy to understand, well presented and Very worth while so I subscribed. Thanks for caring about other people's health.
Started keto a week ago and I’m having a gout flare up in toe. Haven’t had one in a while either so good to know why
I’ve been on keto for 9 weeks and where I was showing positive for ketones in my urine in the beginning but no longer do. However there is an exception, I alternate my fitness training regime between weights and cardio during the week. On cardio days (1hr cross trainer av HR 140bpm) I show a sharp rise on the keto sticks after training 4+mml. No change on my weight training days.
Hi Nick! Thanks for your comment! Really interesting to hear this! Do you measure your blood ketones? If so, how does that correlate with your urinary ketones? Would be interesting to hear!
Dr Dan Maggs thanks for the reply. I’ve only used the sticks to date and looked into the blood and breath options available. I would really prefer a reliable breath monitor over the blood meter but will balance up the costs of ongoing use before making a decision.
Just out of curiosity I trained twice in one day yesterday. Weight training in the morning and aerobic cross training in the afternoon. Testing myself before and after
1 pre weight training negative ketone result on stick
2 post weight training negative ketone result on stick
3 post aerobic training positive ketone result on stick (high level)
Im not fixated on the results as I’m quite confident that I’m in ketosis and that the test sticks are just an aid.
If you do get the breath monitor, let me know how you get on with it. I couldn't get it to work for me a couple of years ago, but I'd love to know how others get on!
This was very helpful information. I am 5 days into my keto diet and my urine dip sticks were showing 1.5 ketones but my keto mojo was showing I was not in ketosis. Now I totally understand why the difference in the two measurements. So now I look forward to the day the urine sticks do not show ketones.
I have started to notice this over the past few weeks and struggled to understand what was happening. Thanks for the into Dr Dan!
Just come across you video, that's a great help, I started keto just over 3 weeks ago and I've just lost a stone, and have been frustrated thinking why am I now not in ketosis, so thanks for easing my mind 👍
Thanks for the video sir, I was having all the benefits of keto and dropping weight but had negative readings on the strips. I was wondering why and got my question answered. I don’t ever use them but my wife joined me in the keto lifestyle and bought some so I gave it a try. Now I have been educated on this. Thanks again!
Yes! Strips stopped working and have had some pain in feet. Wow so glad for this vid
great, thanks for that. As a gout sufferer I have noticed gout flare ups while going into ketosis, I have the odd bing day during a month and notice the gout flare ups ... good idea about not going in and out of my carnivore diet, thanks again
Been on leo for over a year and I have been faithful very faithful. Started at 296 currently I hang in the 235 - 237 up and down. I am comfortable there. I have been able to maintain my weight in the mid 230,s
Thanks to a keto life style which has been really good to me
I’m to lazy to spend hours researching I just watch my net carbs. I just started 3 days ago seriously counting my every carb and increasing my exercise to try and loose 5-7 pds to put me in the upper 220,s and try to maintain my weight in the 225-227 range
Wish me luck lol
I’ve noticed on days I drink a lot of water if I test on a urine strip in the afternoon or evening, even when I’m fasting and haven’t eaten anything to change my ketones, it’ll show trace or none even if I tested with my first morning uti be and it showed moderate to large.
It’s just like pregnancy or drug tests. I explain it like making tea. If you have one teabag and one cup of water your tea will be strong. If you have one teabag and a gallon of water your tea will be weak and you’ll barely taste it. The teabag is the ketones the test strip is reacting to and the water is, well, water in your urine.
Thank you for the video! I found that after two months the strips were not showing that I was in ketosis, this clears that up.
Aha, clarity at last. Thanks for this, you have a new subscriber. I've guessed my body in transitioning without the positive readings as I'm consistently losing weight. Really enjoying the food I've been eating, brain fog is clearing at last :-)
Thanks for a very informative video! Everyone else just says the sticks don’t work very well without explaining why. Now I know what to expect!
Yip!! I don’t suffer with gout but have an old hip injury that flared up so bad I’m back on walking aid. Could be a coincidence but I’ve been on strict keto for nearly 3 weeks now and today I stopped showing up positive for ketones in the urine! Jaw dropped after watching this video. Fingers crossed by hip pain now starts to fade with the uric acid in my blood. Gobsmacked
Hi ❤ your chanal
I struggle with chronic pain in my bag after a horse accident ☹ got at titanium disk between c5/c6. I also have fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis.
This was so helpful to know 🙏 thank you so much.
Love ❤ from Denmark 🇩🇰
Thank you . Been 2 day water fasting . Was so disappointed with the strips .
Thanks for explaining this! Ketones are being stingy and I just got a mild gout for first time after 20 days keto. Only lost 3 pounds. But sticking with it. Lost 60lbs before and health benefits!
YES, especially going through the keto flu but still showing no trace. I thought it was my hormones as a woman, but I've been doing this for about a month now and the strips never showed it but I've had plenty of symptoms then coming out of the other end with clarity and weightloss.
Yes! What a relief to listen to this. Thanks!
Yes, three months in experienced and started looking everywhere for lose carbs.
Thank you for explaining. Its miserable when you do keto and can't get a positive test.
I wondered if it was due to my failed Hashi's thyro and diabetic hormones?
Been on keto for 2 years (male 67yrs. Old) sticks still show ketones for me and haven't had any joint issues in quite a while.
What a relief 😅! I just couldn’t understand why I wasn’t in Keto. I’ve been so strict and disciplined. I lowered my macros thinking that’s what I needed to do
Lawd!! I was freaking out!
Thanks for the info. Another reason not mentioned for the keto sticks not changing color: they can be old, damaged, or crap.
Hi started Keto 7 weeks ago, been strictly sticking to almost zero carbs,,except through maybe a carrot or onion in a meat stew, otherwise no carbs and zero sugar. Bought the urine strips yesterday and yes was disappointed to see they registered clear.
My keto urine sticks said 16mmols. I got a blood tester and was reassured it was 1.9mmols.
Ive been on the dark side of the ketone urine test for 4 months, i started working out on my 5th month keto and now km close in the middle of clear and some pinkish. I thought working out is messing with my keto diet, is it though? Does it burn all my ketones and prevents my body to burn stored fat?
Here's an interesting data geek scenario that I couldn't ever figure out. Would love your opinion. We aren't concerned as our results have been great, but it's just always been a weird anomaly
My wife and I started keto at the same time and eat pretty close to the same meals, with some slight portion differences. She ALWAYS gets a high result on the Urine strips, like DEEP on the scale, but almost without fail, exactly half of what I score on the blood test. Me, on the other hand, usually test in the 1.8-3.0 range on blood tests (sometimes a weird outlier in either direction) but my urine tests have ALWAYS been trace amounts, regardless of my blood results.
Again, we are not concerned that we are doing anything wrong, it's just always been a weird thing.
Thoughts?
Great channel BTW, I really like the way your ideas are presented and organized.
Shame there was no response to this. I'm intrigued!
Hope you and your wife are still doing well
so these sticks dont work....how do I know I am in a ketogenic state if the sticks dont work _?
so dark is good but light color is also good.... confused
Piled on nearly 3 stones after stopping smoking . I swim daily , practise martial art twice weekly and walk everywhere . Stopped eating / reducing carbs , focussing on proteins intake but still put on weight . No sign of ketosis
My joints are agony ! Pretty fed up!
High fat low protein very low carbs are the key to ketosis, like 70-80% of calories need to come from fat. If low fat high protein the body turns the protein to carbs in the liver - glycogenesis. You can bypass ketosis entirelly even at zero caebs but high protein
I would love a video about how safe it is to go Keto. I spoke to a naturopath who said Keto was dangerous- I would love to hear more about this from a medical doctor. :-)
+Gemma Boak Hey Gemma. Thanks for commenting.
I was just planning out my videos for the next few months last night and I safety and addressing common concerns is going to be something that I will be making videos about before.
It would be really helpful to understand any specific concerns that they have around ketosis. All I’ll say for now is that it’s well evolved metabolic pathway that our ancestors spent an awful lot of their time in!
Secondly, it’s important to note that I’m just providing information rather than making specific recommendations about the suitability of this diet for people. I do plan to try and present a balanced view. This will all come out in the fullness of time through my videos and website.
I see a ketogenic diet as a tool within the low carb spectrum that is probably most helpful for people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. It’s definitely not going to be suitable for everyone - nor nessecarily should it!
Unfortunately, because I’m trying to make videos to match commonly searched terms in this space, I’m not presenting the information in a linear format that would make a lot more sense!
Anecdotally, my health is a lot better than it was when I was consuming a lot of carbs. Seven months of strict keto and I've lost 50lbs to become a normal weight again, I've lost ten inches off my waist, my visceral fat is 4 on a scale of 1 - 59, my gum disease has disappeared and I now have excellent gum health according to my dentist, my depression has lifted which has allowed me to ditch my anti-depressants, I sleep better, and my skin looks great. Ooh, and ketones repel mosquitoes so I had the summer free from being bitten to pieces in my sleep. It blows my mind that anyone would suggest that what I'm doing is dangerous compared to how I ate before.
Something I found difficult at first was shaking the idea that fat is bad and that if you eat fat, you get fat. I've spent my whole adult life avoiding both saturated and unsaturated fat as much as possible (and I was still fat and depressed). People who promote the idea that the keto diet is dangerous often seem to be stuck on the idea that fat is inherently bad for you. Either that or they're promoting a plant-based diet. Thanks to the Atkins Diet, I think there are also a lot of preconceptions that people on keto are forgoing their nutritional needs in favour of drinking bacon fat and eating nothing but meat.
@@alexukbrighton, thank you SO much for leaving this comment. What a GREAT story! This is kind of story I hope more people will end up telling as a result of this channel in the longer term! This is why I'm doing what I'm doing! I'd love to chat more with you about your amazing health transformation! I'd love you to get in touch - dan@drdanmaggs.com
Ya it's dangerous for most Drs bank accounts...lol...
Buy new sticks. Products say after 6 months discard, but they won't read properly after cpl months. This was case for me with several different brands
Thank you I really understood what you were saying regarding ketosis I am brand new to keto
I did keto back in 2012, back then there was only like 4 videos on UA-cam about this diet, Dr. Eric Westman, Stephanie Ketoperson and two other people I can't remember, but I lost 85 pounds in 5 months, I learned that I could sneak a little carbs in like mozzarella sticks, cheese cake, fried chicken and fish, as long as it wasn't heavily battered, I would remain in keto, but what worked for me may not work for you.
YES I am so grateful for this video! Because my absence of brain fog tells me I am on ketones BUT the sticks are negative and I was getting REALLY worried I'd knocked myself out of ketosis. So thanks Dan. PS Are you a NHS trained doc, and if so how can I best explain my diet to my GP who might see it as a fad, off UA-cam!
do goes don't even learn about nutrition to become MDs. do stop talking to your doctor about something they don't know about. they are like mechanics. you don't go to mecanics when you have issues with the electronics.
Thank you so much for this video. I wish I’d found it sooner. So glad to know what’s going on at this point.
Yes I tested for keto sis for the first three weeks but now that I’m in the 4th week and the test is negative
Thank you. I almost quit keto today because of the negative result on the dip stick.
Excellent work. Answered my question perfectly 👍🏻
Yes !,, I felt like I was in ketosis but the sticks were negative
I’m doing carnivore diet. No ketones in my urine. This explains a lot.
Great info and explanation. thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I was once severely depressed after a break up and I didn't eat a thing for a week. I went to the dr and peed out a ton of ketones. If there's no ketones leaking then your not burning fat and not losing weight in my opinion.
I feel so much better after seeing your video. Thank you so very much.
You are great, thanks for explaining it. Again thanks for making it simple. Please keep it up. Best wishes
The intro is much louder in volume than the rest of the video. Thank you for the good info on test strips.
Best answers ever!! Loved your video!! I am new to keto... maybe 4 days in.. iam in ketosis no flu symptoms yet.
Just wait lol
Supplement with some exogenous ketones and mct oil when the symptoms come. They will and it sucks. Those two things mitigate it really, really well. And drink a shit ton of water.