I'll admit I don't know much about ketogenic diets or ketosis, but I have a problem with it. According to an article I read about the safety of Ketosis, ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis are 2 seperate things. ketosis is safe, while diabebtic ketoacidosis is fatal. Ok, so here's my problem. In this article the author says that,
"Dietary ketosis is among the most maligned and misunderstood concepts in nutrition because it is often confused with ketoacidosis, which is a life-threatening condition most often associated with uncontrolled insulin-deficient Type 1 diabetes. In the Type 1 diabetic, the absence of insulin leads to a toxic build-up of blood glucose and an extreme break-down of fat and muscle tissue. This condition doesn't occur in individuals who have even a small amount of insulin, whether from natural production or artificially administered"
I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that the last sentence in this article is WRONG! Ketones are dangerous in the body. As a diabetic I have had ketones in the body while taking my "artificially administered" insulin. I can tell you it's just as dangerous. Ketones are poison, PERIOD! Even while taking increased amounts of insulin I have still had ketones build up in my body causing me to collapse, be rushed to the ER, have heart problems, and basically could have killed me. I lost 11 pounds in 3 days due to ketones.
If this is the information being supplied about Ketosis, ketongenic diets, and ketones, I strongly urge you to stay away from it or at least speak to your doctor about. Ketones, no matter what are extremely extremely dangerous. It is a toxin in the body and can be fatal.
But if anyone else has any other information about Ketogenic diets or ketosis that they'd like to share, being I'm not an expert, but I don't think it's a good idea, feel free to share.
Oh, here's the link to that article.
http://www.ketosis-ketoacidosis-difference.com/