PSA- please read

[ebonlock]

I just found out from my sis what happened to our cousin. It wasn't a heart attack as we'd first thought, rather a condition I'd never even heard of before called ketoacidosis. What it basically means is that she poisoned herself to death by taking in way too much protein. For a detailed description of the condition check out:

Ketoacidosis ...
The Menace Of The High Protein Low Carbohydrate Diet

Please, anyone even considering doing the Atkins diet, read this information and take it to heart. There is no diet in the world worth losing your life over.

Comments

Re: So Sorry

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I posted the links provided here. So far the only comment I've received is that the ketoacidosis may be problamatic primarily for people with diabetes.

http://www.ketosis-ketoacidosis-difference.com/

I think any elimination diet needs to be carefully considered. I still like the eat less, excercise more approach which worked for my partner and me.

Thanks for the link, it's entirely possible that in this case diabetes may have played a part in her death. It certainly does run in our family. But anyone with any kind of blood sugar abnormalities could certainly be at risk, and many may not even be aware that they are.

Personally I'm with you on the dieting front and have been for years. The only way to really sustain weight loss (and that should be the ultimate goal) is to change your lifestyle. We have such a screwy relationship with food in this country, and generally a rather hazy understanding of nutrition and just what it is our bodies need.