The Number One Tool for Improving Your Health this Year

[MBAnderson]

psychologytoday.com/us/blog...

the article has a link with reviews of meters

How to choose the right meter -- Mayo Clinic

mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

[Kia17]

And for those following Ketogenic diet, having a Glucose & Ketone Meter is a good option.

[reedboat2]

Good article thanks for posting. I use the Keto Diet Tracker to help me with carb intake. It's available at the iPhone App Store.

[MBAnderson in reply to reedboat2]

How closely are you able to adhere, i.e., what percent are from carbs?

[reedboat2 in reply to MBAnderson]

The answer to your question is a bit complex and depends on what your dietary and nutritional goals are. The Keto goal is to burn fats for fuel instead of glucose. That's a good goal but rather difficult to achieve. Maybe you want to skirt the edge of ketosis and stabilize your weight and blood sugar levels. IMHO your goals should be discussed with a health care professional who knows something about nutrition (most MD's and nurse practitioners do not). To venture into "Keto" land, I have found that a coach or someone knowledgeable that you can bounce ideas off of can be a good thing.

Here's an example of how the Keto Diet Tracker app works. I programmed the tracker for ketosis. Based on my weight and body type my guidelines per day are as follows:

108g protein, 50g carbs, 247g fats, total calories 2793. For breakfast I just ate blueberries, walnuts, and greek style yoghurt. That added up to 29g protein, 23g carbs, 19g fats, and 410 calories, leaving me for the rest of the day with 79g protein, 27g carbs, 228g fats, and 2383 calories. The Tracker calculated all that out, I just entered what I ate.

You can see from the above tabulation the challenges of the Keto diet: it's not only getting your carb intake extremely low but also getting your fat intakes up. My Keto coach told me to focus on the fats.

To be clear, I'm not advocating the Keto diet for anybody. But whatever your goals are, the Tracker can be a useful tool.

[MBAnderson in reply to reedboat2]

I didn't know there was such thing as the keto tracker. Sounds like it would be very helpful. My wife and I chased the keto diet for a year and 1/2, but was never able to achieve the strict limit on carbs and I suspect few people do. (I did lose 25% of my body weight, though.)

You must be quite active physically, because 2800 cal per day sounds like a lot? (I probably eat half that.) Do you feel 108 g of protein is high? I probably eat half of that, too.