This entry is part 69 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

On on /r/keto /u/rhoymand has done a series on testing his blood sugar response to various foods (here is one on a Quest Bar). I’ve been curious what effect Keto Chow has on blood so I got a glucose meter (cheap as free!) and some test strips (holy cow, these are expensive!). Today I did a test of blood glucose levels, sampling every 15 minutes from 08:45 to 14:00 (aka 22 holes in my fingers). During this time I drank a breakfast and then a lunch bottle of Keto Chow. I had intended to start this fasting but forgot and ate some beef jerky around 8. Doesn’t seem to have had an effect on the results but I’ll probably run this again in a month or so. Here’s the result:

Red lines are when I drank a blender bottle full of Keto Chow.

Red lines are when I drank a blender bottle full of Keto Chow.

The last few times I’ve had my blood checked by a lab I’ve been 79-87 mg/dL glucose while fasting. Anyhow that’s a pretty negligible change. At least in my n=1 test it looks like Keto Chow doesn’t have an appreciable effect on blood glucose levels. In case you want it, here is the raw data:

Time Glucose level note
08:45 96
09:00 89
09:15 86
09:30 86 Drank Vanilla Keto Chow at 09:40
09:45 95
10:00 94
10:15 105
10:30 88
10:45 91
11:00 92
11:15 105
11:30 101
11:45 96 Drank Rich Chocolate Keto Chow at 11:52
12:00 88
12:15 97
12:30 92
12:45 90
13:00 98
13:15 91
13:30 104
13:45 87
14:00 97
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