Vivoo Ketone Box
Vivoo’s Ketone box gives insights about the presence of ketones in the urine. Normally, no ketones are expected in the urine. However, if you are following a ketogenic diet, this box can help you to track your ketosis state.
What are Ketones?
The human body primarily uses glucose for energy. When your cells don’t get the glucose they need, or the body doesn’t have enough insulin to use glucose, your body begins to burn fat instead. This, in turn, produces ketones. Ketones are chemicals that the body creates when it breaks down fat to use for energy. This means you make ketones when you don’t have enough stored glucose (or sugar) to turn into energy.
The breakdown of fat for energy and producing ketones is a normal process for everyone. Normally, the body produces only small quantities of ketones. But starvation, a ketogenic diet, or some chronic conditions like diabetes may result in increased ketones forming in the blood and eventually spilling into the urine.
What Does My Result Mean?
Ketones which are not used for energy spill into the urine. Starvation, low-carbohydrate diets, certain diseases, and problems in carbohydrate metabolism may cause ketone production. Ketone bodies come in two main forms: BHB and AcAc. BHB is the dominant ketone and increases relative to AcAc during ketosis. Vivoo test strips measure the urine’s acetoacetate (AcAc) level. When you start to produce ketones, you may feel weak and fatigued.
For a person without diabetes, ketone production doesn’t become an issue. However, when you have diabetes, things can run out of control and too many ketones can build up in your blood. High levels of ketones increase acidity and may be dangerous for the body. That’s why urine ketone testing can be advantageous for early-diagnosis in diabetes.
How Does Vivoo Measure Ketosis?
The ketogenic, or keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat, and moderate-protein diet. A common goal of people on the keto diet is to achieve ketosis, which is a natural state where your body burns fat for fuel. However, it can be difficult to determine whether your diet needs adjusting to reach and maintain ketosis. Because of that, Vivoo strips can be used to measure your ketosis level. Using Vivoo is a fast, cheap, and convenient method compared to blood-testing when following a ketogenic diet. Vivoo gives you personalized advice to get into ketosis and maintain it according to your urine ketone levels.
If you want to check your day-to-day urine ketone levels, the best times are in the early morning or the late evening after dinner. Vivoo’s urinalysis is a good tool to measure whether you are in ketosis during the first few weeks of going keto. During this time, your body can’t use ketones efficiently for energy. Therefore, your body passes them out through the urine. But as you get deeper into ketosis, your body adapts to using them for fuel and becomes more optimized in producing them. This leaves fewer ketones to be excreted in the urine. As a result, if you’ve been in a keto-adapted state for many months, you may get a negative or trace ketone result in your urinalysis.
Does it test for sugar in urine?
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What level of ketones correspond to the levels given by Vivoo?
So can I just use this to track my health or is this strictly for people who are following a keto diet?
Hi Meagan, thank you for your interest in Vivoo. In addition to monitoring your ketone levels, you can track body parameters like water consumption, urinary pH, urinary tract infections, liver, and kidney functions with Vivoo.
If my ketones are 10 is that good or bad
Hi Elaine, thank you for your interest in Vivoo. If you’re following the ketogenic diet, our ketone parameter has this scoring system:
Optimal (Score 10): You can earn this score when you have a moderate amount of ketones in your urine, meaning you’re hitting the sweet spot for ketosis. If you are newly started on the ketogenic diet, this also should be the primary goal.
If I’m trying to get into ketosis what levels on the vivoo teat would I be looking for? I’m currently at 8
I didn’t find the article very detailed in helping to understand the results of the test
Hi Andrew, thank you for your interest in Vivoo. We will send you an e-mail regarding your question. We’re so glad to be part of your wellness journey!
Hi there,
So does that mean if you are 10/10 you are in keto or closer to it?
My ketone levels said “high amount of ketones detected”. However, I am in keto, so ketones are a good thing. That is why I was wondering why I got a 1/10 but also a comment that said “high amount of ketones detected”. Are too many ketones a bad thing? Is that way it was only a 1? Any advice is truly appreciated!!
Hi Marissa, thank you for your interest in Vivoo. We will send you an e-mail regarding your question. We’re so glad to be part of your wellness journey!
Still not clear on my results. I’m on keto diet – do I want a low number to show I’m in ketosis?
Hi Jacquie, thank you for your interest in Vivoo. If you’re following the ketogenic diet, our ketone parameter has this scoring system:
Optimal (Score 10): You can earn this score when you have a moderate amount of ketones in your urine, meaning you’re hitting the sweet spot for ketosis. If you are newly started on the ketogenic diet, this also should be the primary goal.