{"id":40082,"date":"2020-06-24T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/?p=40082"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:24:41","slug":"testing-caloric-restriction-and-ketone-levels-with-cronometer-biosense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/testing-caloric-restriction-and-ketone-levels-with-cronometer-biosense\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Caloric Restriction &amp; Ketone Levels With Cronometer And BIOSENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40082\" class=\"elementor elementor-40082\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3462a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3462a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3420ded\" data-id=\"3420ded\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe21e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe21e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">guest post by Trey Suntrup, head of product for readout health<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9121ccd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9121ccd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b021e22\" data-id=\"b021e22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9d351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac9d351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Fad diets have been around for decades with some prove more beneficial than others. But what is the goal? For most people the goal is losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Over the past few years, the keto diet has become popular due to its ability to burn fat fast. The science behind the keto diet is simple. After every meal, ingested carbs turn into glucose, which the body will use to produce energy. But, when the concentration of available glucose drops below a certain level, the primary fuel source switches from glucose to fat. This phenomenon is ketosis. The goal of the keto diet is to reach this state of ketosis. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">But is the keto diet the only way to increase your ketone levels and burn fat? NO! Many other diets can put your body into a fat-burning state. Studies have shown that even simple caloric restriction leads to fat loss (1). Early breath acetone studies discovered that ketone levels can rise without carb restriction (2). Caloric restriction (or it\u2019s more extreme cousin: fasting) is something that anyone can do. Cutting back in the amount of food and making healthy choices throughout the day can put your body into ketosis.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-858f3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"858f3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testing Caloric Restriction and Ketone Levels<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647e749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"647e749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With this in mind, I decided to give caloric restriction a shot. I swapped my normal diet for meal replacements provided by an obesity management company. These meal replacements added up to exactly 800 calories per day with a macronutrient split of 30% carbs, 55% protein, and 15% fat. This was a dramatic reduction from my normal caloric intake of 3,000-3,500 per day.<\/p><p>I tracked my macronutrients in my Cronometer app and my breath ketone readings using the BIOSENSE breath ketone meter. Both of these products are industry leaders in data accuracy. Tracking my macros in the Cronometer app proved to be especially helpful because it put all my ketone readings into context. I was able to make genuine conclusions about how this new diet was affecting me.<\/p><p>For my experiment, my goal was to see how my body reacted to calorie restriction and if I could reach ketosis without cutting carbs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc02a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc02a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Day 1 <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a12ceed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a12ceed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I started with my usual 3,000 calorie diet and tracked my macros. I wanted to find out what my baseline ketone levels looked like to see how my body reacted to the rapid change in diet. My ketone levels stayed in the region of 1\u2019s and 2\u2019s all day. To note: ketone levels of 0-2 ACEs (which are approximately equal to 0.1-0.2mM in blood ketones) will almost always appear regardless of your diet.\u00a0 Even though my body was producing a few ketones in the background, I wanted to increase these levels further. Everybody has a different threshold, but on average, we switch to a fat burning state at around 5 ACEs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-896a123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"896a123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Picture1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Picture1.png 820w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Picture1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Picture1-768x367.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfb7c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cfb7c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Day 2<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02b967 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a02b967\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I had my first 800 calorie day, and man it was tough. I felt like I had less energy, and I didn\u2019t feel the best. My ketone levels were beginning to rise into the 2 and 3 range, but not quite into ketosis. At this point, my body was still burning the stored glycogen in my muscles and had not started to tap into my fat stores. This explains why my ketones did not shoot up immediately. This 1-3 day transition period is typical for any diet or lifestyle change. The exact length of the transition period depends on how extreme the change is.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f27f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05f27f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Day 3<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0688c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0688c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next day (Day 3), I woke up with a reading of 5 ACEs, which is the approximate threshold for ketosis. The very low-calorie diet (VLCD) I was following put me into ketosis after 24 hours.<\/p><p>I had a protein shake at breakfast which pushed me back down to an ACE level of 3 almost immediately. Protein can convert into glucose in the liver and blood, causing ketone levels to drop. Your body always wants to burn glucose, so as soon as that protein turned to glucose, my ketone levels went down.<\/p><p>I was able to recover my ketones throughout the day and began feeling better as my body entered ketosis. I went to bed with my body in ketosis at an ACE level of 5 and excitement to keep going.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74206ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74206ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Day 4<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d718e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1d718e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">On Day 4, my body was in full ketosis. I was measuring breath ketone numbers of 7\u2019s and 8\u2019s, and I spent almost the whole day in ketosis. I was beginning to feel more energetic and less hungry. My ketone metabolism had kicked in and my body was now getting more used to an alternative fuel source. I was training my body not to want my usual carb and sugar loaded meals. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I ended the experiment at about 6:30 pm with a large, carb-loaded dinner. After dinner, my ketones dropped down to 3 ACE, kicking me out of ketosis. This shows how the body immediately wants to switch to burning glucose instead of fat every chance it gets; making fat loss difficult. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee12a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ee12a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wrapping up the Experiment<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-191787e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"191787e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the beginning of the experiment, I wanted to see if I could reach ketosis without following a strict low-carb diet<span style=\"background: #FAFAFA;\">. My results spoke for themselves as I was able to reach ketosis within 24 hours after cutting my calories. <\/span>To put this into perspective, a 2 year-long study cut participants caloric intake ~20% for 6 months (as opposed to my 80% decrease in 3 days)<span style=\"background: #FAFAFA;\">. On average, these patients experienced a 10% weight loss, most of which was fat. (3). <\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Before my experiment, I thought ketones equated to the keto diet, but in fact that is all wrong. Your body produces ketones when it burns fat instead of glucose. The state of ketosis can be entered from many angles. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8e7e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d8e7e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Putting Data in Perspective<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4150806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4150806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Below is a snapshot of my Cronometer app. Here I tracked my ketones and weight side by side (a feature available to Gold users). This feature allowed me to see direct results from my caloric restriction, and gave context to my ketone readings. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">On Day 3, my weight dropped from roughly 234 lbs to 230 lbs. This was most likely due to water weight and loss of glycogen. But, by Day 4 extra weight loss was very likely due to fat loss. We can also see that my ketones continued to rise as my calories stayed at 800. We can see a correlation of ketone levels rising as caloric intake decreases. This experiment showed that caloric intake does affect ketone levels.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e4761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12e4761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-1024x482.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40086\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-1536x723.png 1536w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-26-at-10.47.28-AM-2048x963.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7c01e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7c01e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight-1024x478.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-40087\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight-1536x716.png 1536w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crono_ketones_weight.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acbd59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acbd59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before this experiment, I had never given any thought to tracking my ketones. I thought ketones were only important when following a strict keto diet. After this week, I understand that tracking ketone levels allows me to test any diet or lifestyle changes I want to make.<\/p><p>With Cronometer and my BIOSENSE device, I am able to examine my current diet and determine how my body is reacting. If you are struggling to find the right diet or lifestyle, tracking your ketones is a good first step. By tracking feedback, you can discover which foods raise or lower your ketone levels. This makes it easy for anyone to try a few things out and find the best possible fit for their body and lifestyle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffd724b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffd724b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3697b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3697b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Ravussin, Eric et al. \u201cA 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of Human Caloric Restriction: Feasibility and Effects on Predictors of Health Span and Longevity.\u201d<em> The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences <\/em> 70,9 (2015): 1097-104. DOI:10.1093\/gerona\/glv057<\/li><li>Anderson, Joseph C. \u201cMeasuring breath acetone for monitoring fat loss: Review.\u201d <em>Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)<\/em> 23,12 (2015): 2327-34. DOI:10.1002\/oby.21242<\/li><li>Dorling, J.L., Das, S.K., Racette, S.B. et al. Changes in body weight adherence, and appetite during 2 years of caloric restriction: the CALERIE 2 randomized clinical trial. <em>Eur J Clin Nutr<\/em> (2020). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41430-020-0593-8<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>guest post by Trey Suntrup, head of product for readout health Fad diets have been around for decades with some prove more beneficial than others. But what is the goal? For most people the goal is losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle. 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