1. Is it okay to have pickle juice? No sugar just salty brine. Heard on other programs okay during fasting 2. Can I continue on doing sardines. I thought easier while helping dad with surgery

This is picture of my jar sardines. I get at my local grocery outlet. They are $4.39/jar 9.5 oz. I love Deb’s idea of putting in my own olive oil I think that will work for my drive to So Cal. Thanks Deb!

https://www.youtube.com/live/HSk35thj5gM?si=_kSciXxgOVk1_Dmn

I was really surprised on how dramatically my numbers were. It is very unusual that I have ketones that high. I was trying to think about what I did different so I can up with the following points if anyone can get anything from them: The jar of sardines was actually 9.5 oz and had over 1/4 cup oil and I ate and drank all of that in one sitting. The large amount of oil probably made me nauseous and may have caused release of ketones. I have been working really hard on no snacks, carbs below 20 and my two meals early. The one day I ate a lot of chicken later in the day my fasting glucose was 101. I also was adding ketones daily before the start of sardine challenge to get my cells primed to using ketones. Not sure if this is helpful and I hope I can continue with the good numbers because I feel fabulous!

In the spirit of trying new things, I gently pan-fried sardines in olive oil and added a tablespoon of whole seed mustard AND both husband and I genuinely enjoyed them. Who knew?!