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Originally Posted by Heatrae
Great thanks!
Do you know how much time will pass before I start to see it turn to purple. I've had no bread/pasta/starch carbs since last thursday.
When can I expect to see the strips change and some results from eating no carbs.
If you can tell me, I think it will help me to not get discouraged.
Thanks!
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If the strip changes color at all you are seeing results from eater fewer (I assume you don't literally mean no) carbs and preferentially using fat for energy. In your first post it sounded like that had already happened.
Many factors influence how many ketones are excreted through your urine (including, obviously, how diluted your urine is). You shouldn't expect to ever see dark purple. You may and you may not. The number of ketones in the urine is not an accurate measure of the number of ketones in the blood or the degree to which your body is using ketones for energy though so if you have light purple and I have dark purple that doesn't mean that the diet is working better for me. We would have to get blood taken to know anything more than that we were both in ketosis.