How Could An Individual Have High Blood Sugar Levels And Also Be In A State Of Ketosis?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at
7:53 pm
How could an individual have high blood sugar levels and also be in a state of ketosis? How/why could this occur?
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High blood sugar is a result of not getting enough insulin. The longer you go without enough insulin, the higher your blood sugar gets, until you go into ketoacidosis.
Is this what you mean or are you referring to a low carb diet ketosis?
If you are diabetic, you could end up having both ketones in your urine and high blood sugar at the same time. When you don’t have enough insulin, or your body can use it properly, you end up burning fat instead of sugar. The sugar builds up in your bloodstream, and so do the ketones, so you produce ketones in your urine sample at the same time as you have high blood sugar.
Get tested for diabetes if you haven’t already done so. Ask for an HbA1c test and an Glucose Tolerance Test.
Good luck!
This is called diabetic ketoacidosis and it happens when the body doesn’t have enough insulin. Without insulin, glucose can’t enter the cells to be used for energy. The sugar level in the blood rises and the body starts using fat for energy. This produces toxic acids called ketones. Unchecked, the diabetic becomes (keto)acidotic and loses consciousnes.
A more detailed explanation here: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabeti…
You might mean ketoacidosis.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoacidosi…