Ketonix® analyze your breath for the ketone named Acetone. Acetone is spontaneously released from the liver when ketone energy is formed.

The more fat that is mobilized into energy, the more Acetone in your breath.

Don't mixup breath ketones with blood ketones. Blood ketones are formed from excess ketone energy and could be converted back into energy at any time. In some situations one could say that they correlate, higher breath ketone level and you might find more blood ketones. Then add that your body could have issues both creating them and use them for energy, these factors makes it harder to interpret blood ketones. This is one of the reasons Ketonix® was invented, to indicate the strength of ketosis.

Ketonix® measures your breath for ketones and you will instantly know how much your body use fat as fuel.

An instant response on how your lifestyle changes affects your body's use of fat.

if you use a ketogenic diet for therapeutic use, you get a realtime feedback of your level of ketosis. If you want, your doctor/nutritionist could also see your improvements and coach you when needed. 

A good indicator of your success is when you see a trendline that is green like in the screenshot to the right here.

You can easily measure when you are on the move.

At the office, business trip or even when you are out hiking, you can monitor your ketosis.

The app's functions for trend and moving average makes it easy to know when you need to boost your ketosis.

Maybe a session at the hotel gym, or take a walk and do some sightseeing?

With Ketonix® you will learn how to keep your ketosis and when to apply your knowledge.

Advantages using Ketonix

• Measures breath ketones, a realtime indicator of ketosis.
• Reusable, measure thousands of times, at a one time cost only!
• The sensor does not need to be replaced after X times, it can be used for years!

KETONIX is an excellent alternative to monitor and record your levels of ketosis compared to urine and blood tests. KETONIX Ketone Breath Monitor is a one-time cost and is simple to use while being extremely portable and robust. It has never been easier to see and monitor metabolic ketone production So what are the advantages of using KETONIX instead of urine strips and/or blood ketone meters? KETONIX vs. Urine Strips Urine strips indicate the excess concentration of Acetoacetate in the urine. KETONIX indicates the acetone in your breath. Acetone is produced from the breakdown of acetoacetate in blood. Measurement units are not the same as the concentration of acetoacetate in blood is higher due to less volume (higher density) and is typically measured in mmol/l. The concentration of acetone in breath is lower due to much more volume (lower density) and is measured in PPM. Again, urine strips measures acetoacetate in urine, blood meters measures beta-hydroxybutyrate in blood and KETONIX measures acetone in breath (air). Urine strips can only be used once. KETONIX is reusable and can be used over and over again. Urine strips show a historical value of the excess production. KETONIX shows a real-time value of what is in the blood via exhaled ketones! Urine strips tests need urine and somewhere private to do the test. You can perform tests using KETONIX wherever you can access a powered USB port or the optional KETONIX battery pack. Urine strips cost per test. KETONIX is a one-time investment! KETONIX vs. Blood Ketone Meter Blood ketone meters measures Beta-Hydroxybutyrate in blood, not Acetoacetate or Acetone. Blood ketones is excess ketone energy and is formed when cell energy need decrease ... (ketosis decrease). Ketonix measures acetone which is proportional to the ketones produced. Ketosis is a process that rapidly adapt to energy supply and demand, it changes as much as glucose does. Blood ketones can accumulate, breath ketones does not. Blood ketones are saved energy and could be used at any time. Blood ketone measure requires test strips are not for free, testing lifestyle changes is expensive. Blood ketone devices are not regulated by any standard, common precision is +/- 0.3 for values < 0.5, and +/- 20% for values > 0.5 mmol/L.. Blood ketone meter values differ between devices, even when it is the same model and brand. Blood values are measured in mmol/l and exhaled breath in ranges in PPM (Parts per Million). This is of course due to the higher density of blood than exhaled breath. Therefore the blood ketone concentration if Beta-Hydroxybutyrate is not the same as the concentration of acetone in breath. Just as the concentration of acetoacetate in urine is not the same as concentration of Beta-Hydroxybutyrate in blood. Blood ketones measuring devices where developed to detect accumulation of blood ketones in patients having type 1 diabetes. High value of glucose inhibits the process of converting blood ketones into acetoacetate and energy, and the blood ketones accumulate.  In people not having type 1 diabetes, blood ketones will decrease as the cells adapt and could use them more efficient.

Ketosis is when your insulin levels are low and your liver starts to metabolize fat into ketone energy. When ketones fuel our brain we sense a high mental clarity and energy boost. Without the ability to get into ketosis when glucose and glycogen is low the human man kind would not exist.

Ketosis is not the the same condition as Ketoacidosis. Ketoacidosis is a complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. It's a life-threatening condition resulting from dangerously high levels of ketones and blood sugar. 

When fat is metabolized into ketone energy (acetoacetate), breath ketones are released (acetone). The more fat that is used to create ketones, the more breath ketones are released.

When your cells need ketone energy, all acetoacetate is used (except for what was turned into acetone). Neither urine or blood ketones are formed in this context.

When your cell energy need decrease, the excess acetoacetate have two fates: 1) when cells are not adapted, it leaves body in the urine. 2) when cells are adapted, some acetoacetate could be saved for later, when ketone energy is needed again.

In other words, when there is any breakdown of fat into ketone energy, breath ketones are released. When the need for ketone energy decrease, the excess ketone molecules will be disposed in urine or packaged into a more stable molecule (beta-hydroxybutyrate) which can circulate in blood until ketone energy is needed again. Urine and Blood Ketones are present when ketosis decrease. 

For healthy people, measuring blood ketones does not mean much, it could be nothing and you still be ini ketosis but your cells need all ketone energy it can get. It could be high from accumulating over a period or just zero because your have not been in Ketosis in a while.

Blood Ketones are only a valid measure for people with type 1 diabetes or type 2 taking SGLT2 inhibitors (also called gliflozins) medicatio, as the Blood ketones can not be converted back to acetoacetate when blood glucose is high.

They have a vague correlation - the higher breath ketone levels measured, the higher the probability is of finding blood ketones. They are not created at the same time. Breath ketones (acetone) is formed when the liver produce ketones (acetoacetate). Acetoacetate is an unstable molecule and about 30% breaks down and acetone is released. Blood ketones (beta-hydroxybutyrate) are formed by the cells when ketone energy is not needed any more, its a feedback signal to make less ketone energy and a small buffer of ketone energy that any cell can use to create energy.

Breath ketones correlate to ketogenesis (stored/digested fat that turns into ketones). The higher breath ketones, the more fat is metabolized in the liver.

Phase 1: When energy needs increase, and there is a limited amount of carbohydrates to use for energy, ketogenesis starts and make ketone energy. In this phase, both the primary ketone AcetoAcetate and the blood ketones (beta-hydroxybutyrate, if present in the blood) is consumed. Breath ketones are proportional to the AcetoAcetate created. No blood ketones are formed in this phase. View animation

Phase 2: When energy needs decrease, the liver is still producing AcetoAcetate, and cells have enough energy. The cells are intelligent and can "repackage" the AcetoAcetate into the storage form beta-hydroxybutyrate (blood ketone) and leaves it into the bloodstream for later use when energy needs increases again. Breath ketones are still proportional to the AcetoAcetate created and decrease along with the production of AcetoAcetate. The blood ketones signal that energy needs are decreasing and the liver will produce less AcetoAcetate. View animation

So when energy need increase (and carb availability is low) ketones are made and used (if you had any blood ketones, they would be used to and level decrease). Ketosis increase and breath ketones rise.

When energy needs decrease, the cell's save excess ketone energy into blood ketones. The blood ketones signals decreasing the need for energy and ketosis also decrease (so will also your breath ketones).

The level of blood ketones reflects how much the cells saved when the energy needs decreased, not the level of ketosis. Comparing levels of breath and blood ketones is therefore complicated as they are not formed under the same circumstances.

 

Health is a great concern for most of us. Many of our modern diseases originates from our diet. Many struggle to lose weight, others have medical issues that drugs only help to cover the symptoms.

Maybe you want to stay focused and energized throughout the day? Fueling your brain with ketones will turbo charge your brain energy, no more need for sugar fixes.

To lose weight or use a ketogenic diet for therapeutic in treatment of type 2 diabetes, epilepsy, cancer etc .. a lifestyle change that gets your body into ketosis might help.

So making a lifestyle change like "eating low carb" or "taking a walk before breakfast" ... does it work?

Are your macro nutrients optimised for you? Some can use dairy products, some can not. Some need to go lower on carbs than others. Some react on sweeteners ... etc.

How do you know if your changes really increase your metabolism?

We often get a question about why friends/family that doesn't eat a low carb diet get a high response. The reason that some get this high response from high carb meals most probably is a sign of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is defined as the presence of excessive bacteria in the small intestine.

The influence of the methane bacterias produce is small (if any) when using a low carb diet.

If using a high carb diet, we recommend testing in the morning before any food or drink, a glas of cold water is fine!

Read more about SIBO here ...
Dukowicz, A. C., Lacy, B. E., & Levine, G. M. (2007). Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a comprehensive review. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 3(2), 112–122.