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"Trawley Trash" wrote in message ...

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:49:06 +1000
"Ozgirl" > wrote:

> Hi Karen, your friend wouldn't be at the starvation level that would
> cause the body to cannabalise her muscles To utilise muscle
> protein you really need to be starving as in no food only water over
> a period of a few weeks and that comes after the normal process of
> production of ketones from fat-burning. Your doctor does surprise me
> though as this is very basic metabolism pathways stuff. If ketosis
> was dangerous there is no way that children who have epilepsy would
> be placed on ketogenic diets for control. I am glad your family
> member is doing better. My nana was found to be eating only jam
> (jelly) sandwiches in her 90's. I remember my mum ended up catching
> a bus to her house (5 miles away) every day just to feed her properly
> and make sure she ate a decent breakfast, lunch and snacks. That way
> if she only ate jam sandwiches for dinner it wasn't a major problem.


If you looked at Dr. Lustig's video, you will see that some patients
are simply unable to lose weight, and I found myself in exactly
that situation. When I didn't eat, I went into hibernation. I
lost fat and muscle both but very slowly. I had so much fat to
lose that I was left weak: unable to run without stumbling. This
is not some theory, but an observation, and if your theory does
not explain it, then I must search for another.

My understanding is that the ketones in the urine that come from
diabetes have nothing to do with ketosis.

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Ketoacidosis can develop very quickly in a diabetic, especially a type 1
(type 2's are not excluded but it does occur, albeit rarely, amongst
type 2's). The key is they are developing kjetones for a different
reason to dietary-induced (or starvation) ketosis.