Guest guest Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Hiya So should it be multistix...rather than ketostix that we should be using?? maybe we could get these on pxn? a > Hi Carolyn, > Some debate about how accurate the urine ph is as to it's relationship with blood ph, but our Drs here do say there is a 'ballpark' correlation. Like if extreme at either end of the scale, it is usually a red flag to get bloods done to check blood gases. Well, with it is anyhow. > On our multistix, 5.0 is the most acidic, can't recall offhand the most alkaline reading (10 maybe??), but we don't like to go as high as 7.0, as we usually see an alkaline blood reading with this level, which in the past has not been a good place for him to be seizure wise. > 5.5 - 6.5 urine ph is his standard these days, which is keeping acidic, but not toooo acidic, so (although like most things keto related, an individual thing) your reading there sounds ok. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: caronath > > > Could you tell me about the " normal " ph on keto diet please. > ael is about 6.3.Thank you. > > Carolyn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hi Carolyn, Some debate about how accurate the urine ph is as to it's relationship with blood ph, but our Drs here do say there is a 'ballpark' correlation. Like if extreme at either end of the scale, it is usually a red flag to get bloods done to check blood gases. Well, with it is anyhow. On our multistix, 5.0 is the most acidic, can't recall offhand the most alkaline reading (10 maybe??), but we don't like to go as high as 7.0, as we usually see an alkaline blood reading with this level, which in the past has not been a good place for him to be seizure wise. 5.5 - 6.5 urine ph is his standard these days, which is keeping acidic, but not toooo acidic, so (although like most things keto related, an individual thing) your reading there sounds ok. ----- Original Message ----- From: caronath Could you tell me about the " normal " ph on keto diet please. ael is about 6.3.Thank you. Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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