# I got my Keto-Diastix to change colors (Atkins Diet)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 30, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174 "2003-03-30T05:20:02Z")
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### Author:  [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/1 "2003-03-30T05:20:02Z")
I have lost several pounds doing the Atkins Diet. I bought the Keto-Diastix that the book recommends you get. Anyway you pee on it and if it changes colors it is suppose to mean that your body is burning it’s own fat for fuel (lipolysis state). I have been doing this diet since mid January. And I have lost like 24 lbs or so. Up until today, I have only been able to get it to show a trace amounts of Ketones. I did it this morning and it turned into a robust purple like it should be. I was sooo excited. Just had to share.🙂
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### Author:  [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/2 "2003-03-30T06:00:49Z")
Hmmm…maybe you ought to Google ketoacidosis.
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### Author:  [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/3 "2003-03-30T06:05:54Z")
Seriously.
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### Author:  [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/4 "2003-03-30T07:38:31Z")
Well, I was doing Induction for about a week before I realized I was doing it wrong (eating some things that are definite no-nos).
I’ll be starting again on Monday, and I’ll be doing it right this time.
Good job with your Atkins… hopefully I can join you!
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### Author:  [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/5 "2003-03-30T15:41:02Z")
Thanks **Tristan**. I know that if I can do it, anyone can! You can do it too. Good luck.
I did do a google on ketoacidosis. But then I also came across. [this information](http://www.greenbeanz.com/faqs.html) .
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> The misconception that ketosis is dangerous stems from people confusing ketosis (the body metabolizing fat for fuel) and ketoacidosis. Ketoacidosis is a different condition that occurs in a diabetic whose blood sugar is out of control. This is not the same as ketosis that one experiences on the Atkins Diet
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### Author:  [@Plexuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plexuss)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-keto-diastix-to-change-colors-atkins-diet/165174/6 "2003-03-30T15:50:47Z")
I’ve got yer back, Ashkicker.
Ketoacidosis = BAD
Ketosis = GOOD, if you’re doing Atkins.
The chemical processes are quite different.
Diabetes is a whole nother (unfortunate) ballgame.