What are ketones?!


Question: We visited the nurse yesterday to register with a doctor and she said that my daughter had ketones in her urine, i asked her what it meant and she said because she is starving?? I didnt follow up because obviously she needs glasses! ( and not friendly at all) My daughter is a bit overweight, how can she be starving? She eats more than me!


Answers: We visited the nurse yesterday to register with a doctor and she said that my daughter had ketones in her urine, i asked her what it meant and she said because she is starving?? I didnt follow up because obviously she needs glasses! ( and not friendly at all) My daughter is a bit overweight, how can she be starving? She eats more than me!

I'm pregnant and had a urine test done last week and was told my ketones were off a bit, the midwife then asked if I had eaten anything yet, and when I said I was having lunch after the appointment she said that would be why then, so maybe she just meant your daughter was hungry when the test was done

They're the little beeps you hear when you press the buttons on your phone.

Ketones a by product of acetone. It would appear that your daughter is not drinking enough fluid.(Non sugary)

Ketones are the byproduct of your body burning fat .
They give people their horrid breath when they're on a no-carb diet for example.

keytones can be smelt on someones breath its a bit like a nail polish remover.It can be due to a sugar in balance like diabetes but it could have been due to your daughter knowing shes overweight because when she is either in your company or while in her own company she eats lots of unhealthy foods and knows she is guilty of eating bad foods and that particular day didn't eat hoping that the tests would not show high sugar or fat lipid levels.
Teenagers do eat a lot so if your daughter is a teenager she needs to re educate herself before her metabolic rate slows down and the weight really can pile on .I would suggest you make an appointment to take her back to the doctor/nurse and ask for a blood test for blood sugar levels and encourage her into some sort of exercise class maybe the two of you could do a dance ,yoga swimming or aerobic class together





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