Re: Metabolic Experts??? What on earth is going on here???/Hallie

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Hallie,

Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe we were seeing the high ketones

b/c we hadn't increased carbs yet. But we did cut the fats in half

yesterday and she still had a 4.9 BHB last night so I think there is

more going on here. Today was unlimited vegetables and tomorrow is

unlimited fruits, so that will maybe show us something.

Wish us luck!

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> The higher amount of protein sounds like the Adkins version. The

protein is unlimited on it and the fats are not counted either.

Only the carbs are. Maybe that is why it is working.

> Only a thought!

> Hallie

> Metabolic Experts??? What on earth is going

on here???

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> Hello all. Well, we are in day #3 of Langan's 8 day rapid wean

from

> keto and all is, knock on wood, going well. She had one seizure

> Tuesday night, the night of her first diet change, but nothing

since

> then. Now for the weirdness....

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> I checked her waking blood ketones (bhb) Tuesday morning before

we

> started the wean. Remember, she was then on a 2:1 ratio with

> unlimited fluids for over 2 weeks. 3.8!!! That was higher than

her

> normal waking ketones on 4:1. What on earth???

>

> It gets better. I talked to our dietician and we decided to get

a

> bedtime BHB also, to just see if maybe the extra food during the

day

> and then no food overnight was doing something. I checked her 2

1/2

> hours after her last meal last night, also after a day of

unlimited

> meats and 1/2 of the fats of the 2:1 ratio, expecting trace

ketones

> at best. 5.0!!!!! Again, higher than we saw at bedtime on the

4:1

> ratio.

>

> What on earth is going on? I think I posted a while back that

the

> weekend before we initiated the diet I did a " trial run " with

the

> urine ketosrix and Langan registered large ketones. I was

confused

> about that but her dietician at the time said it was b/c of the

> sniffles she had and that it was a good sign that she would go

into

> ketosis easily. Our current dietician says no way, and from

what I

> have learned over these past 9 months I have to agree with her.

So

> what is up with this? Is there some condition that could cause

> Langan to be in ketosis naturally? Could this be a clue to her

> seizures? I am so confused!!

>

> Thanks!

>

> , mom to Langan, 2 yrs old and keto kid since 11/03; on 2:1

> ratio but undertaking rapid keto wean due to severe persistent

> metabolic acidosis, but the ketones keep coming!

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