Ketone Level 0.6 mmol/L
Light nutritional ketosis is 0.6 mmol/L, and that is 6.2 mg/dL of BHB in the blood.
- [dt] The ketones in blood
- 0.6 mmol/L
- In mg/dL units
- Value: 6.2 mg/dL
- Usual urine strip
- Small
- Breath reading, approximate
- 5–10 ppm
- Stage
- [dd] Nutritional ketosis at a light level
- Typical fasting hour
- at about hour 19
What the 0.6 mmol/L reading means
Light nutritional ketosis: 0.6 mmol/L on a blood ketone reading, equal to 6.2 mg/dL of BHB in the blood.
The 0.5 mmol/L line has been crossed: 0.6 mmol/L sits where nutritional ketosis is still light.
[p] After a mixed meal with no exercise, the expected range's midpoint reaches 0.6 mmol/L when a fast is at about hour 19.
[p] A urine strip reading 0.6 mmol/L normally shows the small pad, while a breath meter gives roughly 5 to 10 ppm; both results are approximate.
Use the reading checker to check 0.6 mmol/L against a strip or breath reading, or to add glucose so you can work out the GKI.