How long until ketosis?/ALA

[THeMaCHinE]

Hey, there's been a lot of guys reporting good stuff about ALA over here. After reading/researching, I decided to give it a try...

I'm starting my 5th day of ALA @ 1500 mgs - 2000 mgs/day over 6+ doses w/ meals. I'm 6', 215 lbs., +/- 10% bf.

My diet is clean, high protein, moderate fat, moderate carbs (I kept carbs at a moderate level because I was under the impression that ALA had a carb-clearing effect).

I've been measuring my state with ketostix on the 2nd - 4th day. So far, I'm not in ketosis -- not even trace amounts of ketones are being excreted. Does this mean the ALA is not working? Or do you not have to be in ketosis for ALA to work? Or do you have to go into ketosis, but it just takes longer?

I've done ketogenic diets before, but never actually measured progress with the keto stix, so I'm not sure...

Help appreciated.

 

[Big_Nims]

Hmmmm

you might need to up the dosage. I outweigh you by about 90 pounds and I use about 4-6grams per day. Even when I eat a big carb meal, I am still in trace ketosis. Try 1gram with each meal, see if that helps. You may just not be using enough.
Go to www.beyond-a-century.com for great prices on bulk ala, like $15 for 50grams.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Re: Hmmmm

you might need to up the dosage. I outweigh you by about 90 pounds and I use about 4-6grams per day. Even when I eat a big carb meal, I am still in trace ketosis. Try 1gram with each meal, see if that helps. You may just not be using enough.
Go to www.beyond-a-century.com for great prices on bulk ala, like $15 for 50grams.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking... It is BAC ALA... So, you are measuring with ketostix? How long from when you first started taking it did it take to get positive readings? Once you go into ketosis, do you stay, or does it fluctuate with your ALA intake -- i.e. are you in ketosis after ALA, but then it wears off until you take your next dosage? What is your dosage pattern? (How much over how many doses?)