{"id":110,"date":"2017-11-22T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2017-11-19T23:15:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T23:15:05","slug":"ketone-test-strips-help-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/ketone-test-strips-help-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ketone Test Strips Help You Lose Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A low carb diet is one of the most widely recommended methods of weight loss. Whether you need to control your weight to manage current health problems or are thinking ahead to probabilities on the horizon, it can be hard to know what to do. The goal of low carb diets is to put you into ketosis. This is a state where your body is depending on fats, not sugars, to provide for its calorie needs. Good thing you have a store of fat for it to use already, right? If you\u2019re embarking on a low-carb or fully \u201cketo\u201d ketogenic diet, get ketone test strips like Precision Xtra, and get an extra tool to fight fat.<\/p>\n

Data, Not Rules<\/h2>\n

One of the problems with diets is that it takes a long time to see results. People get tired, and they get impatient, and they may feel that these rules don\u2019t make sense for them. When you\u2019re following a diet plan and aren\u2019t seeing results, you might as well be following a magic spell. You just have to have faith that it\u2019s going to work. Ketone test strips replace faith in rules with actual evidence — even before you\u2019re losing weight.<\/p>\n

When your body burns fat, ketones are leftover. They\u2019re a byproduct of fat-burning, like exhaust from a car burning gas. Whip out your Precision Xtra ketone test strips and you can see how you\u2019re doing. Keep your ketones in the optimal range, and you know that your body is burning fat — even if you can\u2019t see the results yet.<\/p>\n

Consistent Measurement<\/h2>\n

Ketones don\u2019t just appear in your blood. Your body excretes them in your breath and in your urine. Your blood is\u00a0simply the most accurate way to test — and accuracy is key to any diet. The line between maintaining weight and losing weight is very thin, and getting something wrong could drag out your weight loss journey. If you think you\u2019re making your calorie goal, but you\u2019re actually overeating by 500 calories a week, you\u2019ll probably still lose weight; you\u2019ll just lose a pound less per month.<\/p>\n

Measuring your blood ketones daily and consistently will allow you to keep your diet in check. You\u2019ll have daily confirmation that what you\u2019re doing is working. If it turns out that you\u2019re edging too low on ketones, you know that you have to step up your diet efforts. If it\u2019s too high, you know that you can afford to relax some. Either way, you have the information you need to take your weight loss into your own hands.<\/p>\n

Having ketone test strips can give you the information you need to make informed choices about your diet and your weight loss. With Precision Xtra, you get high-quality test strips and high accuracy. You have data that your diet is working even when you don\u2019t see yourself getting thinner. That boost and that knowledge will help you stay the course and lose weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A low carb diet is one of the most widely recommended methods of weight loss. Whether you need to control your weight to manage current health problems or are thinking ahead to probabilities on the horizon, it can be hard to know what to do. The goal of low carb diets is to put you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.aaawholesalecompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}