More Low Carb Dangers
By Virginia Ham and Jenna Talia
Low carb diet almost kills new mother after ketoacidosis was triggered ...
New mother nearly DIES from a low carb diet: 32-year-old developed life-threatening condition after ditching bread, rice and pasta while breastfeeding
- Woman, 32 been following a low carb diet while breastfeeding her son
- This triggered ketoacidosis - a serious condition seen in type 1 diabetics
- It is where the body burns fat, which releases ketones, turning blood acidic
- People should be warned of the dangers of low carb diets, doctor said
A new mother developed a life-threatening condition due to eating a low carbohydrate diet while breastfeeding, doctors claim.
The 32-year-old Swedish woman was rushed to hospital with nausea and vomiting, heart palpitations, trembling and spasms in her limbs.
When questioned, she said she had been following a a strict low carbohydrate high fat diet (LCHF) in order to lose her baby weight, doctors describing her case in the Journal of Medical Case Reports said.
The mother developed a life-threatening condition due to eating a low carbohydrate diet while breastfeeding, doctors claim. She went into a state called ketoacidosis, which turns the blood acidic.
The regime saw the woman, who is unidentified, eating less than 20g of carbohydrate day, the equivalent of a medium-sized potato, or a thick slice of toast, while breastfeeding her 10-month-old son.
In the UK, adults are advised to get half of their daily energy intake from carbohydrates, according to a report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, who advise the Government.
This is the equivalent of 200 - 240g of carbohydrates in a person eating 2,000 calories a day.
The woman said she had lost 4kg on the diet but had begun to feel very ill.
In the hospital, tests were carried out tests and it was discovered that she was suffering from ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition normally seen in people with type 1 diabetes.
‘The primary diagnosis was thought to be ketoacidosis due to starvation induced by the Low Carbohydrate High Fat diet,’ doctors writing in the journal.
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