| There are two possible reasons for having ketones. Whenever someone loses weight, they will ALWAYS have ketones to some extent. It all depends on how fast they are losing. I have been on a constant weight loss for the last 8 months and numerous times I have had moderate ketones. Ketones are a byproduct of your body breaking down fat for energy.
Now, ketones also appear when your cells break down because your body doesn't have enough insulin to get the glucose into the cells properly. So your body sees a lack of glucose and in turn, starts breaking down ketones.
What do I recommend? I recommend going to a doctor and maybe increasing your metformin dose. You may also need another drug along with metformin. Many type 2s are on 2 or more drugs, not just metformin. Finally, the answer could be just go on insulin. But, that's for a doctor to decide, not us.
Good luck and hopefully you can get the help you need somehow.
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