No Rain. I have a cottony and sticky substance on my desert spoon. It seems to be inhibiting the growth of the plant. When I spray it with a strong spray from the garden hose it washes off with some effort. Through my research I believe that it is one of the many varieties of scale insects.
Ketone is a chemical produced when there is a shortage of insulin in the blood and the body breaks down body fat for energy. Ketones in the urine is a sign that your body is using fat for energy instead of using glucose because not enough insulin is available to use glucose for energy.
Of course, a ketone *does* contain calories of energy, so a ketone in your urine *is* part of calories out.. The problem with CICO isn't that it's untrue; it's that consumption and exercise aren't the only variables in it (or the most causative ones). They're just the only ones we can (sort of) directly control.