Urine Ketones | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年8月1日—Highlevelsofketonesinyourbodycancausetummy(abdominal)pain,feelingsick(nausea),beingsick(vomiting)anddiarrhoea.Theketones ...

Ketones are produced when the body burns fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. But stored fat is broken down and ketones are made if your diet does not contain enough carbohydrate to supply the body with sugar (glucose) for energy or if your body cant use blood sugar (glucose) properly.

Ketones are usually formed in the liver and are broken down so that very small amounts of ketones appear in the urine. However, when carbohydrates are unavailable (for example, in starvation) or cant to be used as an energy source (for example, in diabetes), fat becomes the main source of energy and large amounts of ketones are made. Therefore, higher levels of urine ketones indicate that the body is using fat as the major source of energy.

High levels of ketones in your body can cause tummy (abdominal) pain, feeling sick (nau...