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#805 Bold Beginnings: Illness Ketone Management

Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes

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Illness Ketones - Are You on a Ketogenic Diet?

Ketones that are specific to illness and high blood sugar or ketones that are relative to lack of intake because you have a stomach bug. Take in the carbs that you can and wait until you know it's going to stay down before you bolus for it. And then reduce the bolus for the carbs you ate by about 50, maybe 60%. So some insulin's happening, but not super aggressive. Okay. Now we're talking about illness based ketones. We're not talking about nutritional ketosis or those on a ketogenic diet. Right.

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