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HFWorld · 20-03-2006, 08:36 AM

Is really this diet safe ?

People which are following Atkins diet eat large amounts of protein and fat.

Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma.

Ketones are produced in the liver when insulin levels fall due to starvation or diabetes.

"Our patient had an underlying ketosis caused by the Atkins diet ..."

Read the entire article here.
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HFWorld HFWorld Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	The Atkins diet - Possible Health Risk Is really this diet safe ? People which are following Atkins diet eat large amounts of protein and fat. Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma. Ketones are produced in the liver when insulin levels fall due to starvation or diabetes. "Our patient had an underlying ketosis caused by the Atkins diet ..." Read the entire article here. -------------------------------------------------- Last edited by Pscarb; 27-11-2007 at 05:44 PM.