{"id":1433,"date":"2019-08-05T23:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-keyto-content.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2019-08-05T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:31:31","slug":"i-heard-ketosis-is-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"I Heard Ketosis Is Dangerous?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people may hear that the ketogenic diet is dangerous, can land you in the hospital, or worse<\/span>. <\/span>Studies show that ketogenic diets high in healthy fats promote weight loss and heart health<\/span><\/span>. <\/span> Principles of the Key Eats Program <\/span><\/span>are based<\/span><\/span> on these studies and the collective knowledge of key opinion leaders in this field<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Nutritional Ketosis<\/h2>\n

One point of confusion surrounds two very different conditions, nutritional ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis<\/span><\/span>. Nutritional ketosis is a beneficial state that results from carbohydrate restriction. It is a primitive pathway that allowed our ancestors to survive in times when food was not readily available. In fact, without it, we may not be here today as a species. In addition, ketosis has been used to treat epilepsy for over 100 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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When you limit carbs and deplete glycogen, your body breaks down fat into fatty acids, and coverts them into ketones for energy<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>If you are <\/span>NOT <\/span>a Type I diabetic, you always have some circulating insulin which, even on a ketogenic diet, increases in response to the foods you eat<\/span><\/span>. <\/span> The insulin limits or turns off ketogenesis in the liver so <\/span><\/span>dangerously<\/span><\/span> high ketone levels are not possible<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis<\/h2>\n

For Type I diabetics with no <\/span><\/span>appreciable<\/span><\/span> insulin production, the feedback loop is absent<\/span><\/span>. <\/span> With no insulin to shuttle glucose into cells, the body ramps up ketone production to provide itself with a source of energy<\/span><\/span>. And w<\/span>ithout insulin-mediated signaling to halt ketogenesis, it continues unhindered leading to <\/span><\/span>extremely<\/span><\/span> high levels of ketones<\/span><\/span>. <\/span> This causes a dangerous reduction in the blood\u2019s pH (more acidic), which is disruptive to critical metabolic pathways<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The levels of ketones achieved during diabetic ketoacidosis are ten times higher than those seen during nutritional ketosis.\u00a0 <\/span>But remember, this serious condition can occur only if there is NO<\/b> insulin which does not<\/b> happen in healthy, non-Type I diabetic patients or in response to some diabetes medications called SGLT2 inhibitors.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, the ketogenic diet is not dangerous for those who can make their own insulin.\u00a0 <\/span>In fact, the ketogenic diet can actually improve insulin sensitivity thereby decreasing the amount required for it to do its job.\u00a0<\/span>Hopefully this short summary of the differences between these two opposing physiologic states will better equip you to deal with the misinformation circulated all too frequently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn the differences between nutritional ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ray-edited"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-content.getkeyto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}