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Originally Posted by LCer09  That's all true. But "bars and shakes" as if it was one word and they were at all, in any way similar is just not true, no? Catch phrases tend to get overused until everybody believes them. I've been on a LOT of LC boards over the years, and I see a lot of ideas become gospel. Like "If your ketosticks turn purple, you're dehydrated!!" (oh my god, we're all gonna DIE!) |
Well how would you write that some people have difficulties with certain low carb products without identifying them? I see what you mean, but as I wrote in the collective experience of this Board, bars and shakes cause difficulties in some folks, so we advise them not to use them in the 14 day Induction.
As for the ketosticks turning purple - dehydration, that's more of a misunderstanding than anything else. It's based upon the fact that the ketostix does not measure urine specific gravity, which tells you how hydrated a person is. If you look on the "stix" hospitals and some doctor's offices use, urine specific gravity and a whole bunch of other things like red blood cells, protein, etc. are on that stix. The urine specific gravity gives you an idea of how concentrated the urine is. Since the ketostix reagent measures the concentration of ketones in the urine sample, knowing that specific gravity can give you a better idea of the ketotic state of the person. I work in a doctor's office and I have dipped my urine with both the ketostix and the Chem 10 strips (the ones that have the specific gravity) just to compare the results. Usually, if the specific gravity is higher, signifying more concentrated urine, the keto color is darker, as opposed to when I have a less concentrated urine. But as Dr. Atkins wrote, the ketostix are just a tool and the goal isn't trying to turn them color.