How long till you're OUT of ketosis?

[DaMan]

My carb-up (CKD) was on Sunday, so Sat I decided to play around with food that was borderline, in my case some chinese (orange beef) w/o rice. I have a slightly higher tolerance for carbs than most people, according to the posts.

So I ate it around 7pm. My ketostix showed me in trace until Sunday 9am (pre-workout). At 11-am (post-workout) I hit the carbs, so obviously around 12:30p my piss was negative...

How long does it take for the stix to reflect you being out of ketosis?

 

[KWKSLVR]

It should be as soon as your body absorbs the food. Remember that if your not in Ketosis, then your in Glycolosis simply meaning that your body has released different chemicals to break down your food (carbs) for energy. As soon as it is absorbed and Ketones are not a by-product, nothing to register on the sticks, then they'll show your out. I'd imagine that it would take longer if you have been eating complex carbohydrates.