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I go back and forth on testing but I am doing it now because I bought like 300 of them! I am never in the "large" range ever even when total low carbing or fasting and even just a small amount of carbs will kick me out. Some people take exogenous ketones and some say they can go right back into ketosis by just drinking bulletproof coffee with MCT oil. For me, I can't tweak it that way.I'm gradually started getting back on the wagon. I did IF/low carb dieting for a good year and a half, was going to the gym 3-4 times a week. Lost a ton of weight but more importantly I was feeling better than I've ever had in my life. Then covid hit and it sidetracked me. I started back on the low carb diet on Saturday and will be getting back into my gym habit and also doing the IF again. Yesterday I picked up some ketone testing strip, which I never used before, just to because I was curious about the whole ketosis thing. The reading I got was the second to highest level and at first I was excited but now that I've done some research on it I realize that this isn't a good thing. I understand the strips are not totally accurate and I plan on getting a blood testing monitor. Is anyone here familiar with the whole ketosis thing? Is there something to be done to lower ketones level to the nutritional ketosis range? Maybe not eating enough carbs or not eating enough period.