I'm wondering why I'm producing a large amount of ketones when my bs readings (<-- lol, kinda funny) are within the normal range.
Looked online for possible causes, and came up with:
* Metabolic abnormalities, including uncontrolled diabetes or glycogen storage disease (My last CBC didn't alert to such.)
* Abnormal nutritional conditions, including starvation, fasting, anorexia, high protein or low carbohydrate diets (I'm on a diet, have lost a lot of weight, but I'm definitely not "starving" or "fasting." As for carbs, well... went out to eat last night and ordered a pasta dish. [Shame on me. lol])
* Protracted vomiting, including hyperemesis gravidarum (Nope.)
* Disorders of increased metabolism, including hyperthyroidism, fever, acute or severe illness, burns, pregnancy, lactation or post-surgical condition
(Nope nope nope nope nope nope and nope.)
* isopropanol ingestion
* ketoacidosis of alcoholism (Nope nope and nope, again.)
So what's up? Anyone else have this happen to them? I have mild kidney disease and a large cyst in my left kidney, but I don't think that's the cause. The only reason I can think of is my diet or weight loss... even though I'm not starving or severely restricting carbs.
It's just so weird.
