So What are Ketostix?
Ketostix are small, thin plastic strips with a small reagent area on them. When Ketostix are dipped in urine (or passed through a stream of urine), the reagent area changes color to indicate the amount of ketones that are present in your urine. This is an important indicator for those on ketogenic diets because it lets us know that our body has adapted to ketosis and we are doing the diet right. The goal is to achieve a colour match in the purple range.
Ketostix are useful because it is an indicator that you are doing the ketogenic diet correctly and have limited your carbohydrate consumption sufficiently to force the body into ketosis, thereby starting the process of burning fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. More advanced keto dieters use the strips to help figure out exactly how many carbohydrates they can eat before they are kicked out of ketosis. It can also help determine how different foods affect one’s ability to stay in ketosis. For example, some people’s bodies can handle sugar alcohols without having trouble staying in ketosis, and Ketostix can help diagnose this.
Ketostix are available at most pharmacies. I just purchased a box of 50 strips at my local Shoppers for $6.99. You need to ask the pharmacist as they are over the counter. Below is my first reading taken this past weekend. Ketosois is identified by having a reading in the purple range. As you can see by the matching colour I am in ketosis.
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