How do you know you're in ketosis? about weight-loss HOT 1 CLOSED

Thanks for the comments. To know whether you're in ketosis, the best way is to measure ketone-bodies in the blood.

This wikipedia link is good background

To be clear: I'm not claiming I'm in ketosis -- I just clarified this better in the README text. Ketosis is the extreme state you can reach when you restrict calorie intake from carbs to ~20 or less cals/day and I believe it takes a few weeks of this extreme carb restriction to get there. That's the number I've read. My study is mostly about shifting the (carb, protein, fat) balance towards ketosis and most importantly, reduce the insulin spikes compared to what I was used to before.

You can definitely lose weight while not being in ketosis (typically about 1 pound/week once you get in the zone). If you are in ketosis, your weight loss rate should materially increase. Anyway, that's my current best interpretation of what I see.

from weight-loss.