Oh Good Lord! Ketoacidosis is characterized by simultaneous high blood sugar and high levels of ketone bodies. This state can only occur in type I diabetics who produce no insulin. In a diabetic, since there is no insulin to lower blood sugar by driving glucose into the cells, the cells are starved despite the presence of high levels of glucose in the blood and so meatbolize fat, causing the simultaneous presence of both glucose and ketones. This phenomenon is not possible in a non-diabetic In a non-diabetic, ketosis is stimulated by low glucose levels. The article reported that the woman in question had both glucose and ketones in her urine. This would suggest either undiagnosed diabetes or some other underlying serious metabolic disorder. Blaming her condition on the
Atkins diet is an outright lie. It's hard to believe that the people making this charge were too ignorant to know better.