my sis got ketosis...
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 23 Aug 2003 07:57:57 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 22 Apr 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
hello,
my sis got ketosis and we don't know what it is and how come she got it.
she said someone told her that it was inheretance,is it true? is my life
of my sis in danger? how can she cope up with it and what proper
medication to over come ketosis? thanks in advance doc.. can you please
send reply to my yahoo ID... thank really...
ced
>Hi again Dana,
>
>Why do you want to be in ketosis? Ketosis is losing the acid/base balance of your body and may turn dangerous. In fact one of the unwanted side-effects of metformin is lactoacidosis.
>
>Sam
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Like a lot of you I am following the atkins diet and have been for the
>> past 6mths, it has brought back my cycle, but unfortunately has not got
>> rid of my stubborn fat cells!!!
>>
>> For the past month I have been testing my urine with ketostix to make
>> sure I'm in ketosis. I can go from negative to positive in a matter of
>> hours. But most frustrating of all, for the past week or so I am
>> continually showing up as negative. Does anyone know whether PCOS stops
>> our bodies from going into ketosis??
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dana
>> :-)
>>
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