Precision Xtra Vs. Novamax Plus: Ketone Meter Evaluation
With the rise in interest in the n=1 experiment I’ve been blogging about since May 2012 (read my latest updates about it here, here, here and here), so many of you have begun testing your own blood ketones to see how well you are doing in pursuit of reaching that glorious state of “nutritional ketosis.” Attaining blood ketone levels of 0.5-3.0 millimolar is the optimal level for producing an appropriate level of beta-hydroxybutyrate to commence fat-burning and to serve as an excellent alternative fuel source for your brain and body for optimal performance according to what Dr. Stephen Phinney and Dr. Jeff Volek outline so beautifully in their outstanding MUST-HAVE 2012 book The Art & Science Of Low Carbohydrate Performance. If you haven’t already picked up your own copy of this book, then I cannot recommend it highly enough to you as an invaluable resource in your pursuit of living an optimally healthy low-carb lifestyle. As people have been shopping around for their own blood ketone meter, I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails from readers who have asked me for my recommendation between which of the two major ketone meters they should get to test their blood levels. Is there any difference between the Precision Xtra and NovaMax Plus blood ketone meters? I’ve personally tried both of these meters and have been using the Precision Xtra results to document my n=1 experiment. Let’s take a closer look at the PROS and CONS of each: **Precision Xtra Blood Ketone Meter** PROS: – Accurate and clear blood ketone measuring – Sturdy and strong test strips – More precise than urine ketone testing CONS: – Requires more blood than glucose testing – Test strips can be quite expensive – Not available for purchase in stores **NovaMax Plus Blood Ketone Meter** PROS Continue reading >>
Uricheck
UriCheck INTRODUCTION The UriCheck urine testing device consists of a firm plastic film to which several separate reagent patches are affixed. The list below outlines the particular parameters used for each specific UriCheck: UriCheck Glucose Glucose UriCheck 2 Ketone, Glucose UriCheck 2S Protein, Glucose UriCheck 3 Protein, Blood, Glucose UriCheck 3L Leucocytes, Protein, Blood, Glucose UriCheck 4L Leucocytes, Nitrite, Protein, Blood, Glucose UriCheck 5 Protein, pH, Blood, Ketone, Glucose UriCheck 5N Nitrite, Protein, pH, Blood, Ketone, Glucose UriCheck 9 Leucocytes, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, pH, Blood, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose UriCheck 10 Leucocytes, Nitrite, Urobilinogen, Protein, pH, Blood, Specific Gravity, Ketone, Bilirubin, Glucose OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS • Ensure the urine is less than 4 hours old and at room temperature. • Check the expiry date on the strip can. • Remove one strip at a time and replace the lid immediately • Do not touch the test patch - hold by the handle. • Dip the test strip into fresh urine for approximately 2 seconds. • Remove excess urine by briefly blotting the side of the strip on absorbent tissue. • After 30-60 seconds, compare the test strip with the colour scale. • Colour changes after 2 minutes are of no significance. STORING INSTRUCTIONS STRIPS URINE • Urine can be stored up to 4 hours in the refrigerator. • After 4 hours the urine might produce false results. • Allow the urine to warm to room temperature before use. PARAMETERS NITRITE Chemical Principle: Gram-negative bacteria in the urine are able to reduce dietary nitrate to nitrite. The test is based on the principle of the Greiss reagent whereby the nitrite forms a diazonium compound with the alpha-Naphthylamine in an acidic medium. This results in a Continue reading >>
Freestyle Optium Neo Blood Glucose And Ketone Monitoring System
Insulin Support Tools At Your Fingertips Introducing the FreeStyle Optium Neo System, with a choice of support tools especially designed for people on insulin. Finally a meter that’s as easy1 or as useful as you want it to be! Key Features Accurate blood glucose & blood ketone^ testing 1,2 Trend indicators highlight when your blood glucose patterns need attention Insulin logging helps you track your insulin doses Clear, sharp screen is icon driven & easy to read1 even in direct sunlight No chip or coding required Fast 5 second test time Small blood sample required 0.6 µl Individually foil-wrapped strips protect from air & moisture, are convenient to store & carry3 Meets current ISO 15197:2013 system accuracy standards1 FreeStyle Auto-Assist Neo compatible – download up to 1000 events & print or email reports Owner’s Manual Instructional How to Use Video Test Strips The FreeStyle Optium Neo meter uses FreeStyle Optium Blood Glucose test strips to check for blood glucose. It can also be used with FreeStyle Optium blood β-Ketone test strips to check blood ketone levels. Continue reading >>
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Comparison Of Blood Strips, Milk Strips And Automated Milk Measurement Of Beta-hydroxybutyrate In Periparturient Dairy Cattle And Resultant Diagnoses Of Ketosis
Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84341 (Wilson), and The Dairy Authority, Greeley, CO 80634 (Goodell), USA *Corresponding Author: David J Wilson Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Utah State University, Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 950 East 1400 North, Logan, UT 84341, USA Tel: 435-760-3731 Fax: 435-797-2805 E-mail: [email protected] Citation: Wilson DJ, Goodell GM (2013) Comparison of Blood Strips, Milk Strips and Automated Milk Measurement of Beta-Hydroxybutyrate in Periparturient Dairy Cattle and Resultant Diagnoses of Ketosis. J Veterinar Sci Technol 4:136. doi:10.4172/2157-7579.1000136 Copyright: © 2013 Wilson DJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Visit for more related articles at Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology Abstract Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a ketone measured in blood or milk of dairy cattle after calving for detection of ketosis. Blood test strips, milk test strips, DHIA milk meter collected samples and hand stripped milk samples, both latter milks tested with Fossomatic analyzer, were compared for BHB measurement. Blood and milk samples were collected on the same day from 446 Holstein cows between 1–14 DIM in 5 herds for BHB testing as described above. Most test methods had continuous results but one (milk strip) had categorical results (ranges of μmol BHB /L); analysis compared whether or not each pair of BHB tests categorized the same cows as ketotic or non-ketotic (concordant, C) or disagreed on their status (discordant, D). Blood strips detected 53 Continue reading >>
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Why Ketonix
Why Ketonix rather than a urine or blood test for ketones? As always there is a short and a long answer, the short answer is: Ketones are formed by breaking down fatty acids in your liver and can be used instead of glucose. When your body breaks down fat and creates ketones your body is in a state called ketosis. There are many advantages to using fat as energy source instead of sugar (carbohydrates). There are also many reasons for choosing a diet that gets your body into a ketogenic state, some therapeutic uses include the treatment of epilepsy, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, increased fertility and weight loss. Ketosis is not the same state as ketoacidosis which can occur when a person with diabetes type 1 has a very high blood sugar level combined with a high concentration of ketones. High blood sugar is caused mainly by sugar and carbohydrates, not fat. A ketogenic diet is very low in carbohydrates, moderate in protein and high in fat and it normalises the blood sugar in your body. Any required glucose in your blood, body can be produced from protein. Being in ketosis can have a huge advantage sports men and women. When your body has adapted to using fat as fuel, the muscles use fat and the brain and heart use ketones. The muscles and brain do not compete to get fuel as can happen when glucose fuelled. We have all seen the result of this competition for glucose, a phenomenon called bonking where athletes often collapsed just before reaching the finish line. Additionally the production of lactic acid is minimized when you muscles are burning fat for fuel. There are three main ketones used by the human body being acetoacetate, acetone and beta-hydroxybutyrate. Acetoacetate, is formed either from the breaking down of fatty acids in the liver or from t Continue reading >>
Screening Tests
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Abbott Rebrands Optium Diabetes Testers, Introduces 'no Coding'
Abbott Diabetes Care in South Africa has relaunched its Optium glucose meter, blood glucose and ketone test strips under its global FreeStyle brand, adding a functional 'no coding' enhancement to the product that aims to make the use of the FreeStyle Optium Blood Glucose and Ketone Test Strips - and management of diabetes - that much easier for insulin users. Says Lorraine Bellingham, Commercial Manager Sub Saharan Africa: "For insulin users, regularly checking blood glucose levels and ketones is a way of life. Accuracy is critical but so is ease of use and efficiency. The rebranding has allowed us to deliver a fresh, new, updated design to the South African market but, more importantly, the new design houses an updated product - the new technology into our testing strips eliminates the need for painstaking coding, or calibration, of each batch of new test strips in the meter without compromising our highest standard of accuracy." "This will increase speed and simplicity of use of the blood glucose and ketone test strips, and reduce the possibility of erroneous readings which occur when calibration is omitted. It's just one step less but it's one that makes management of this chronic condition that much easier for people who must sometimes do a blood test four or more times a day." No coding Announced at the recent Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa (SEMDSA) Congress, the 'no coding' feature of the Abbott Diabetes Care FreeStyle Optium range is a valuable, functional enhancement that will serve to better differentiate this product range in the local market. The new test strips can also be used with older Optium meters - there is no need to replace or upgrade them. Notes Bellingham: "Thanks to our expertise in strips manufacturing, the new Continue reading >>
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About Centrivet™ Gk Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System
The CentriVet™ Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System is a dual glucose and ketone meter made specifically with animals in mind. The species specific code chip technology means that you get accurate results for every animal, the way it should be. With fast test timing, 5 and 10 seconds for glucose and ketones, you can have your animal’s result in the palm of your hand, wherever that is. • Small 0.8 µL and 1.2 µL sample size for glucose and ketones • 5 seconds for glucose results and 10 seconds for ketone results • Clinically proven accuracy • Audible fill detection reduces wasted strips The CentriVet™ GK Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System is compatible with the CentriVet™ Blood Glucose Test Strips and the CentriVet™ Blood Ketone Test Strips as well as the CentriVet™ Glucose Control Solution and CentriVet™ Ketone Control Solution. The CentriVet™ GK Blood Glucose & Ketone Monitoring System is ideal for use in veterinary clinics, emergency animal hospitals, for mobile vets, farm, and home use because of its portability and size. Feature Specification Measurement Range Glucose: 10-600 mg/dL (0.6 – 33.3 mmol/L) β-Ketone: 0.0 – 8.0 mmol/L Minimum Sample Size Glucose: 0.8 µL β-Ketone: 1.2 µL Test Time Glucose: 5 seconds β-Ketone: 10 seconds Sample Glucose: capillary, venous β-Ketone: capillary, venous Battery Life 3,000 tests Memory Up to 450 records with date and time Automatic Shutoff 2 minutes after last action or 5 sec after strip removal Meter Size 90.3 x 58 x 19.4 mm Display Size 40.2 x 36 mm Operating Temperature 41-113˚F (5-45 ˚C) Operating Relative Humidity 10-90% (non-condensing) Hematocrit Range 20 – 60% for both Glucose and Ketone CONTACT FORM Continue reading >>
Using Ketonix Breath Testing For Nutritional Ketosis Review
If you have been a reader of the site before, you’ll know that I used the concepts from the Bulletproof diet and a lot Bulletproof coffee to help put me into nutritional ketosis and lose a bucket load of weight. That sent me down the should I be checking for ketones, but also thinking well if I’m eating (and drinking) so much saturated fat have I reached and maintained a level of nutritional ketosis? I really wanted to know too as nutritional ketosis (not diabetic ketosis!!) is meant to be the place where your brain is meant to work better. It is also the place where, if you do suffer epileptic seizures, that it helps to reduce the frequency of them. Now I don’t have epilepsy, but I do like the idea I am helping my central nervous system function at a better state. That is another reason why I experiment with and do take various supplements, like unfair advantage, adaptogenic herbs and nootropics for the brain. (more on those to come) Use “BIOHACKER” to get a discount at checkout – valid until the end of July 2017. Blood Vs Breath Ketones Testing I think a lot of people try guess when they have hit the magical place called nutritional ketosis. However, we learnt from ketone researcher Dr Brianna Stubbs interview that the three ways to measure ketone levels are using either blood strips, urine testing strips or breath acetone levels. Measuring acetone levels in your breath is the new kid on the block for testing ketone levels.. Now I think that is awesome not having to prick or finger all the time and also saving on not buying ketone strips from a pharmacy. Why Acetone Breath Levels Are Best Listen to Michel Lundell’s interview on episode 14 of the Biohackers Lab podcast. He explains from his tests why he feels measuring breath acetone levels is better than Continue reading >>
Urine Ketones
Ketones are produced when the body burns fat for fuel. Normally these ketones will be completely broken down (metabolised) so that there are very few ketones in the urine. If for any reason the body cannot get enough glucose for energy it will switch to using body fats, causing an increase in ketones in the body. This results in more ketones present in the urine. What are ketones? Ketones are produced when the body burns fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. But stored fat is broken down and ketones are made if your diet does not contain enough carbohydrate to supply the body with sugar (glucose) for energy or if your body can't use blood sugar (glucose) properly. Ketones are usually formed in the liver and are broken down so that very small amounts of ketones appear in the urine. However, when carbohydrates are unavailable (for example, in starvation) or can't to be used as an energy source (for example, in diabetes), fat becomes the main source of energy and large amounts of ketones are made. Therefore, higher levels of ketones in the urine indicate that the body is using fat as the major source of energy. High levels of ketones in your body can cause tummy (abdominal) pain, feeling sick (nausea), being sick (vomiting) and diarrhoea. The ketones that most often appear in the urine when fats are burned for energy are called acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyric acid. What are the causes of ketones in the urine? The causes of high levels of ketones and therefore ketones in your urine include: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Starvation: not eating for prolonged periods (for example, 12 to 18 hours). Ketogenic diet (high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet). This can cause an increase in body ketones but much less than DKA and not Continue reading >>
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RESEARCH Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common and severe acute complication of diabetes mellitus. The annual incidence is 46 - 50 episodes per 10 000 diabetic patients. DKA accounts for 14% of hospital admissions of diabetic patients and 10% of all deaths from diabetes in the Western world.[1] In sub-Saharan Africa the picture is bleaker, with mortality rates up to 30%.[2] It has been estimated that the annual cost of treating DKA in the USA exceeds 1 billion USD[3] and that the average cost per DKA episode is USD6 500 - 7 500. This represented 25% of the total spent on the healthcare of patients with type 1 diabetes in 2010.[4] No published costing data are available from South Africa (SA). When significant hyperglycaemia occurs, it is important to know whether it is accompanied by ketosis or ketoacidosis. High- risk patients should be identified early, so that timely measures can be taken to prevent the significant morbidity and mortality associated with DKA. Ketone measurement allows the clinician to distinguish accurately between simple hyperglycaemia and metabolic decompensation with ketoacidosis, thus speeding up referral and management of patients with suspected DKA, when appropriate. Urine dipstick testing for ketones (Ketostix) is the screening test currently widely used in our drainage area when DKA is suspected in patients with hyperglycaemia. It is used as a ‘surrogate’ because serum ketone and blood gas pH measurements are not readily available in most state health centres. However, the dipstick method has limitations. The test is based on the nitroprusside reaction, which gives a semiquantitative measurement of acetoacetate. It reacts weakly with acetone, but does not measure beta-hydroxybutyrate (β-OHB), and may give false-negative re Continue reading >>
Inexpensive Urinalysis Test Strips To Screen For Diabetes In Developing Countries
Noncommunicable diseases, once considered endemic solely to industrialized nations, are increasingly affecting developing nations as well. In Sub-Saharan African countries like Sierra Leone, noncommunicable diseases account for 26% of all deaths; by 2030, this number is expected to surpass 50% [1] [2]. One particularly dangerous noncommunicable disease is diabetes. Worldwide, over four hundred million adults are currently living with diabetes [3], with three quarters of this population living in developing nations [4]. Additionally, communicable diseases like malaria, AIDS, tuberculosis and dengue continue to be uniquely prominent in developing nations, leading to a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Addressing a lack of accessibility and affordability are two of the most important components of combating the increasing prevalence of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. To counter systemic limitations of poorly funded healthcare systems, Sierra Leone, along with many other developing nations, relies on the use of a civic healthcare structure utilizing community health workers (CHWs). CHWs are community members who serve as connectors between healthcare providers and patients in community settings [5]. Entrusted by their peers to communicate with outside health officials, CHWs are often the most effective distribution pathway of health information and services in rural as well as urban areas. By providing CHWs with affordable ways to screen patients for communicable and noncommunicable diseases, individuals with diseases like diabetes can be afforded earlier intervention in the disease process. Development of effective and inexpensive preventative disease screening methods for use in the developing world has thus become more important Continue reading >>
Onetouch Select Plus
The OneTouch Select Plus provides a good range of useful features for those looking to get their diabetes under better control. The meter provides an indication of whether your results are in range or whether they’re too low or too high. You can easily change the ranges within the settings if you wish. The Select Plus meets all the criteria of the 2013 ISO standards for blood glucose meters. Features In range and high and low indicators Easy to view past results and a variety of averages Menus are easy to navigate with intuitive buttons Pre and post meal markers Sturdy meter and carrying case The strips require quite a lot of blood by modern standards (1 microlitre) but, if you need to buy your own test strips, you should find that the strips are cheaper than the Verio test strips from Lifescan. If you are looking for more features, consider the OneTouch Verio and OneTouch Verio IQ, which have colour screens, require a smaller blood sample and each has its own unique qualities. Technical specifications Blood sample size: 1.0 microlitres Time to result: 5 seconds Memory: 500 results Averages: 7, 14, 30 and 90 days - including pre meal, post meal and all results Dimensions: 101 x 43 x 16 mm Weight: Around 200 g Batteries: Two 3V CR2032 lithium batteries Measurement range: 1.1 to 33.3 mmol/L Hematocrit range: 30 to 55% Operating temperature: 10 to 44 °C Relative humidity: 10 – 90% Altitude: Up to 3,048 m (10,00 ft) We were unable to load Disqus. If you are a moderator please see our troubleshooting guide. Diabetes.co.uk Comment Policy Be nice. be clean, be a part, be considerate and be you! Welcome to the community. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. 1 commentComments Diabetes.co.ukCommunity Login Disqus Facebook Twitter Google 1 Recommend Recommended D Continue reading >>
