• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Ketones

Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Catharine

Catharine

Member
Relationship to Diabetes
Type 1
Been reading about taking ketones/ketone drink as a weight loss thing and that it can help diabetics... has anyone else read up on this? What are the thoughts?
Thank you 🙂
 
Catharine said:
Been reading about taking ketones/ketone drink as a weight loss thing and that it can help diabetics... has anyone else read up on this? What are the thoughts?
Thank you 🙂
Click to expand...

My thoughts are that it may be OK for non-diabetics, or non-insulin dependent diabetics, but a risky prospect for people using insulin. I made a couple of comments here.
 
Not everything you consume reaches the bloodstream unchanged - hence having to inject insulin rather than swallow it. I'd want to know what the digestive process does to ketones before even thinking about drinking them. Nail polish remover, anyone (hic)?
 
Hmm.. see to me it sounds like a bad idea - especially since I've had DKA a few times... but it seems to think it's ok if levels controlled... all very confusing really and worrying if someone who doesn't know anything about ketones etc but is diabetic and starts taking it without checking!!
 
Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Back
Top