A recommended protocol for monitoring glucose and ketones involves checking four times a day: morning, one hour after each meal, and before sleep, for at least a week.

“What I suggested was four times a day morning and postprandial which is doctor speak for after your meal about an hour after your meal and then when you go to sleep check blood glucose and ketones do that for a week you'll have a lot of data a lot of data and you'll get a really good sense”