Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology (MEJAST) (Peer Reviewed & Quarterly International Journal) Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 01-03, April-June 2019
Does Urine Ketones Effect the Choice of Eating Salty Food More or Sugary? Muhammad Imran Qadir & Fatima Hameed* Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. *Corresponding Author Email: fatimagill26@gmail.com Article Received: 12 December 2018
Article Accepted: 17 March 2019
Article Published: 02 May 2019
ABSTRACT
A sum of 100 subjects were participated and all were students of the Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. The body starts burning the fats to gain energy when there is no glucose you are going through diabetes a condition in which insulin can’t absorb the glucose. It produces the ketone bodies as a byproduct of fats breakdown which is shown in your urine and blood. There are many kinds of food like sweet, savory and salty food. People eat the food according to their taste buds and their likeliness. First, a questionnaire-based form was prepared to build a relation between the likeliness of eating either salty food or sweet blood with the presence of ketones in urine. To perform urine test just urinate into a clean container and then dip a urine testing strip and immediately remove it. Now wait for 15 seconds, the strip changes its color as it reaches to ketone level. It was decided there is no scientific relation between the presence of ketones in urine with the likeliness of eating either salty food or sweet food. Keywords: Ketones, Salty and Sweet food and Ketones urine test.
INTRODUCTION The human body basically depends upon the glucose to get the enough energy. The body starts burning the fats to gain energy when there is no glucose you are going through diabetes a condition in which insulin can’t absorb the glucose. It produces the ketone bodies as a byproduct of fats breakdown which is shown in your urine and blood. It is normal process for everyone to break the fats to get fuel and to produce ketones. It is always present in blood, but its concentration increases during fasting, prolonged or exercise and a diet which contains low carbohydrate this is called ketosis. Like glucose, ketones are also vital fuel and it is reabsorbed by the kidney when blood is filtered. When blood passes through kidney some of the small glucose molecules and ketones are passed into the urine so, they again taken up back because they both are the source of energy. The body does not want to flush the good source of energy at the low level of blood, so ketones are completely reabsorbed from the urine like after an overnight fasting. When a person is healthy means without diabetes then insulin, glycogen and other hormones keep the ketones level low in the blood. However, people with diabetes have a greater chance to build more ketones in their blood and If people left untreated with this type 1 diabetes in which ketones are more produced, then they build a condition known as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The elevated ketones level in diabetic ketoacidosis lead to death or coma because ketones are acidic, and they make the blood more acidic (metabolic acidosis). The symptoms of DKA include high blood sugar – dry mouth, extreme thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Food is a great source of energy and nutrition’s and it found in liquid or solid form. People eat food according to their taste. There are many kinds of food like sweet, savory and salty food. People eat the food according to their taste buds and their likeliness. Mostly, sweet food is a rich source of energy because it contains more carbohydrates, fats and glucose etc. While salty food comprises on minerals and vitamins which play important role in our growth. Taste buds also play vital role in the selection of food and the genes also important for our diet selection. If we have sweet tooth, then we desire more sweet food to eat to satisfy our taste buds and vice versa. Objective of the recent study was to relate the ketones level in urine with eating of sweet or salty food. 1|P a g e
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MATERIALS AND METHODS A sum of 100 subjects were participated and all were students of the Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. First, a questionnaire-based form was prepared to build a relation between the likeliness of eating either salty food or sweet blood with the presence of ketones in urine. Subjects were asked which type of food they like more, sugary one or salty. They answered according to their choices and wrote their ketone level in either salty box or sugary box. Ketone level in urine was measured by this method. To perform urine test just urinate into a clean container and then dip a urine testing strip and immediately remove it. Now wait for 15 seconds, the strip changes its color as it reaches to ketone level. Now note the level of ketones in urine. In this way, all data is collected from the subjects. By using MS Excel, statistical analysis was prepared. REULTS AND DISCUSSION Table 1: The relation between sweet and salty food with the ketones level in urine. All the subjects do not have ketone in their urine Male
Female
Salty lover
Sweet lover
Salty lover
Sweet lover
18%
3%
57%
11%
In Table 1, 18% of the males replied they love salty food and 3% males said they cherish more sugary food. On other hand, 57% of the females answered they desire to eat salty food more and 11% of the females said they love to eat more sweet food than salty. 57% of the females prefer to eat salty food more and they do not have ketones in their urine. CONCLUSION It was decided there is no scientific relation between the presence of ketones in urine with the likeliness of eating either salty food or sweet food because there were no ketones in urine of all subjects. REFERENCES 1. Qadir MI, Javid A (2018) Awareness about Crohn’s Disease in biotechnology students. Glo Adv Res J Med Medical Sci, 7(3): 062-064. 2. Qadir MI, Saleem A (2018) Awareness about ischemic heart disease in university biotechnology students. Glo Adv Res J Med Medical Sci, 7(3): 059-061. 3. Qadir MI, Ishfaq S (2018) Awareness about hypertension in biology students. Int J Mod Pharma Res, 7(2): 08-10. 4. Qadir MI, Mehwish (2018) Awareness about psoriasis disease. Int J Mod Pharma Res, 7(2): 17-18. 5. Qadir MI, Shahzad R (2018) Awareness about obesity in postgraduate students of biotechnology. Int J Mod Pharma Res, 7(2): 14-16. 2|P a g e
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