Atkins Diet Analysis
The article being summarized is called "A life-threatening complication of Atkins diet" from Volume 367 of The Lancet. The article is about a case of a 40 year old obese white woman who went on the Atkins diet and began falling ill. The authors suspect her health complications were due to the requirements of the Atkins diet that she followed. Symptoms of illness consist of decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, and worsening shortness of breath. The women claimed to have strictly followed the Atkins diet which is a very low carbohydrate and high protein diet. Aside from limiting her carbohydrates and increasing her protein intake, she took the following vitamins: Atkins Basic 3 (multivitamins), Atkins Essential Oils (omega fatty acids),
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Her bowel sounds were extremely active, some pain in the upper-central abdomen, and a urine analysis which confirmed ketonuria or for the abnormal amount of ketones. As a result, she was sent to the intensive care unit for metabolic acidosis or when the body makes too much acid or when the kidneys are not sufficient when removing acid from the body. There are four things that are when ingested, are known to cause metabolic acidosis: methanol, ethylene glycol, L- or D-lactate acidosis, or ketoacidosis (from diabetes mellitus, alcohol, or starvation). Doctors found that she did not ingest any of these things, but discovered high levels of beta hydroxy acids and keto acids which is usually found in ketoacidosis. Her liver was producing too many ketones because her liver detected a severe decrease in insulin characteristic to starvation. The Atkins diet is aware of ketonuria, but similar low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins are known to increase the production of ketones. The stress from the starvation made her ketonuria worsen. In conclusion, it appeared that the patient had ketosis due to the Atkins diet. Three and eighteen months later, they found that she no longer suffered after ending the Atkins diet. Diets like the Atkins diet are becoming more popular, as well as the health problems which are associated with these kinds of low carbohydrate
Her bowel sounds were extremely active, some pain in the upper-central abdomen, and a urine analysis which confirmed ketonuria or for the abnormal amount of ketones. As a result, she was sent to the intensive care unit for metabolic acidosis or when the body makes too much acid or when the kidneys are not sufficient when removing acid from the body. There are four things that are when ingested, are known to cause metabolic acidosis: methanol, ethylene glycol, L- or D-lactate acidosis, or ketoacidosis (from diabetes mellitus, alcohol, or starvation). Doctors found that she did not ingest any of these things, but discovered high levels of beta hydroxy acids and keto acids which is usually found in ketoacidosis. Her liver was producing too many ketones because her liver detected a severe decrease in insulin characteristic to starvation. The Atkins diet is aware of ketonuria, but similar low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins are known to increase the production of ketones. The stress from the starvation made her ketonuria worsen. In conclusion, it appeared that the patient had ketosis due to the Atkins diet. Three and eighteen months later, they found that she no longer suffered after ending the Atkins diet. Diets like the Atkins diet are becoming more popular, as well as the health problems which are associated with these kinds of low carbohydrate