In a message dated 8/4/01 5:00:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> The recent thread that has mentioned diabeties brought up a conversation I
> had sometime with a colleague.  If a diabetic goes into deep ketosis he is
> in danger of dying but the only time I lose weight is when I put my
> body into deep ketosis.  I feel better when I am in ketosis, more energy
> and far less joint dysfunction.  The Atkins diet was my first introduction
> to this.  My colleague is the same way.

The difference between life threatening diabetic ketoacidosis and the benign
dietary ketosis of the Atkins diet is that the former occurs with very
elevated blood sugars while the lattter occurs with normal or low blood
sugars.