{"id":4734,"date":"2013-08-07T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2013-09-28T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:00:34","slug":"glucose-ketone-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4734","title":{"rendered":"Glucose & Ketone Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130807-190637.jpg\"<\/a>Three weeks ago I started on a calorie restricted ketogenic diet in a hope of controlling my cancer. A ketogenic diet derives most energy from fat, about 70%, 25% from protein and 5% or less from carbohydrates. Its aim is to starve cancer cells by restricting its primary food source: Glucose. This means eliminating virtually all carbohydrates from my diet.<\/p>\n

For my body weight, my aim was to limit protein intake to 50g per day and reduce carbs to 12g or less, while keeping total calories 40% below my basal requirement. It was a good plan, but my current weight is starting to concern me, so I am now trying to up both my protein and calorie levels somewhat.<\/p>\n

I received a blood glucose and ketone meter today, so was very curious firstly whether I was able to achieve ketosis, whether I had achieved therapeutic ketosis levels, and what my values are.<\/p>\n

My fasting blood Glucose level was 4.7, and my Ketones 1.9 mmol\/l – not a bad start.<\/p>\n

My ketone levels are within the recommended therapeutic range, however my Glucose is still a little too high. My goal is to reduce glucose to below 4.0 and raise my ketones to above 2.0. Once I achieve this, I will focus on my Glutamine levels.<\/p>\n

Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013\/08\/07 – Glucose: 4.7, Ketones: 1.9
\n2013\/08\/10 – Glucose: 4.9, Ketones: 1.0<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glucose mg\/dl to mmol\/l Converter<\/a>
\nMercola Article on Ketogenic Diet<\/a>
\nCritique of Calorie Restricted KD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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