Monitoring for compliance with a ketogenic diet: what is the best time of day to test for urinary ketosis?

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Urbain, Paul ^a   Bertz, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet compliance; Ketogenic diet; Ketone bodies; Ketonuria; Ketosis; Urine testing

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; KETONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONURIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RELIABILITY; TIME; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84993968508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12986-016-0136-4     Document Type: Article

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