What an accomplishment! Thank you for sharing. You’re an inspiration.
Just as a note to Jan’s comment. Ketosis & ketoacidosis are different. Ketosis is a naturally occuring process as fat is used for energy. Ketoacidosis in people with diabetes happens with extremely high, uncontrolled blood sugar. The body is in starvation because energy isn’t getting to the cells. Fat is broken down at such a rapid rate that ketones are rampant & the body can’t remove them.
I’ve been on a low carb diet (about 30 carbs daily) for over a year. I’ve never had ketones.
"Ketoacidosis is an extreme and uncontrolled form of ketosis, which is a normal response to prolonged fasting. In ketoacidosis, the body fails to adequately regulate ketone production causing such a severe accumulation of keto acids that the pH of the blood is substantially decreased. In extreme cases ketoacidosis can be fatal.
Ketoacidosis is most common in untreated type 1 diabetes mellitus, when the liver breaks down fat and proteins in response to a perceived need for respiratory substrate. Fasting leads to ketosis but not ketoacidosis."