Tue, Jun-10-03, 08:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 281
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 153/139/120
BF:
Progress: 42%
Location: Mountain West
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I use the strips and have found them to be a great tool. If for nothing else, just the fact that I know something is happening in my body because they are almost always one shade of pink or another (so I know I'm in ketosis). The only times they go negative is if I've eaten too much chocolate with "sugar alcohols" or I drink alcohol..........either one takes me out of ketosis until it leaves the system or is burned off. This also helps me to know what I am sensitive to. The strips aren't all that expensive, if you figure it up........and, if you are careful about it, you can cut them in half, so they last twice as long. I highly recommend them, but remember, that they are only an indicator-----the color of pink they turn doesn't really matter, just the fact that they've turned.
Remember though, that if you go over 30-40 grams of carbs, you take yourself out of ketosis----so this should help to "keep you honest". I know it does me.
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