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I'm using these only when I am not using a ketone monitor (medical device) to measure my ketones. I.e. in between blood tests.What I recommend is that you use a ketone monitor if you can afford one, to get your 'right now' ketosis status, but using a ketone strip will help you just keep a track of the ketones *trend* in your body. They are not showing you what you have in the body, but the ketones you have LOST in urine, that have not been taken up for use as energy by the body. However, if you're losing them, at least you know they were there in the first place, which is a good thing.The ketone monitor (I use the On Call system) measures the 'right now' level of blood ketones.The ketone strip--that you pee on--measures the EXCRETION of ketones from your body.So, for example, if yesterday I did a blood test using the monitor and found my blood ketones were getting a bit low, I'd use a keto strip the next day to see if I excreted a lot. If I did, chances are I now don't have a high enough ketone reading so I might do a blood test to be sure.Or, I could just say, well, my blood ketones were lowish yesterday and I have lost a few, so let's take in more healthy fats and zero carbs, medium protein, etc, to push back into ketosis.Excreting a lot of ketones and showing a high level on even a keto strip could, of course, mean I have a very high blood level of ketones. But if I am following my trends, I will know which scenario applies. I have never encouraged a blood level above 2.0 mmol so I know that if I excrete too many, I am probably close to losing ketosis unless I modify the diet to raise the level. So, the keto strips are a very useful and cheap way to monitor which direction my ketones are moving--up or down.It's a case of wising up about myself and seeing what works; I am now at a stage where just knowing what my level was yesterday, and then peeing on a keto strip, will often give me within .1 mmol of what my blood test will show today. In other words, I am watching the trend and can deduct from that, how my body ketosis is.There are many days on which I do not have to use up a test strip and a lancet (needle) for my device simply by using the ketone strips as my interim trend monitor. It is important to use them that way--to measure the trend of ketones excreted--to a) know that you are likely still in ketosis and b) to know whether you're excreting and therefore wasting too many. Many people think a nice dark colour on a keto strip is good.It isn't really. a) you don't want high ketones in the body to a point where the pee strip turns too dark, as high ketones are dangerous (ketoacidosis). And b) as the pee strip measures ketones LOST in urine, it shows you're just wasting a percentage of your fuel.Because the excretion into the urine is more a reflection of what happened the day prior, (whereas blood tests show it as it is now) then I also don't read too much into a strip reading within the urine method. It shows a trend, not an actual.Here are two examples:Day 6. Blood ketone reading, 1.9 mmol. This was up on the previous day's blood test.Keto strip reading--showed 'moderate' which meant I had excreted many of these ketones. I either had to up my level of exercise to burn more fat and use up the extra ketones, or I needed to lower my caloric fat to lower my ketones next day. There was also a chance my body was producing more ketones in response to, say, fasting, but my personal pattern of eating and how these patterns show in the ketones, would usually indicate that the levels will drop soon if I have seen a ketone spike up around 1.6 and higher.Day 8:Blood ketone reading, 1.2 mmol. This was down on the previous day's blood test.Keto strip reading--showed 'light/trace' which meant I had excreted many of these ketones again.I had to increase my intake of healthy fats to increase my ketones slightly, because I foresaw that if I didn't, the ketones level in the blood could fall to below 0.5 by the next day, and I could end up losing the state of ketosis.Day 12I restricted my diet too much and my blood level fell to 0.8 mmol.I was able to increase healthy fats intake, and use a keto strip to pee on, to know that I was back in the 'trace' excretion level next day. This told me that if I did bloods, I'd be okay.I did take bloods, just to test my hypotheses about the trends, and my blood was showing 1.3 mmol again, so the strips are always an indicator of an upward or downward trend.You can, of course, just pee on one daily and not spend on a blood monitor, if all you want to know is that you're in ketosis. However, if you start to get very low pee readings on the urine strip, be careful, as you could easily lose ketosis by the next day. Always use these as indicators.The Nurse Hatty strips seem extremely reliable; I test them occasionally against Ketonix brand, and the colours are always the same.

I have only just started on my keto diet but I found these sticks invaluable, you can see how close you are to getting into ketosis, no guessing just pee on the stick in 40 seconds you’ll know.

Works well, accurate, and does what it says on the box.

It works in the sense that it does indicate your level of ketosis, but it's not as good as the Ketostix, that's why I give it 4 stars instead of 5. Compared to Ketostix:1. It takes longer to react. The former needs 15 seconds to read result while this one needs 40.2. The sticks are made of slippery, water repellent material which means any excess drop of urine will likely get messy unless you handle it veeery carefully3. Color indicators and colors in real life don't perfectly match, unlike Ketostix.I think I'll probably be willing to pay a bit more for Ketostix that's better quality even though this one functions too.

The sticks seem to work fine, good value for money

Well, what can I say? I have no idea if these work. After using about 5-6 of them on fasting days, one time I used one after 24 hours of dry fasting and still there was no colour change... how is that possible if these work? They’re not really doing it for me at all. Either the product was compromised or you basically see some ketones in you pee after several days of no food which makes them a bit useless. Hard to find these useful tbh. Do your research before.

Convenient easy to use package.good value for money

I am sure if you are fortunate to get a batch that works these will be good value - but none of these worked and I have been using ketostixs for some time - and all I get is negative. I am wondering if they just don't travel well - as they come over form the USA.