In my first book The Ketogenic Diet, I talked about something called the ketogenic ratio (KR) which is an equation/concept used in the planning of ketogenic diets for epilepsy patients.
The equation basically gives you the potential ketone producing potential of a given meal depending on the relative ketogenic or anti-ketogenic effect of the different macronutrients.
The question then becomes whether it matters or not for someone using a ketogenic diet for fat loss. A follow-up question is whether or not Ketostix, used to measure urinary ketone levels have any value for the general dieter. Let’s look at both topics.
The Ketogenic Ratio
So the KR of a given combination of nutrients can be estimated with the following equation:
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