From Daily Mail:People who strictly follow the Atkins diet could develop a potentially fatal blood disorder, doctors say.
A medical team described how one 40-year-old woman developed the dangerous condition after cutting out carbohydrates and living on meat, cheese and salads for a month.
The obese woman, who had lost nine kilograms, was taken to casualty after vomiting up to six times a day and feeling increasingly short of breath.
The Atkins diet is "far from healthy" say doctors. Sticking to just salads, meat and cheese could put you at risk of a dangerous blood condition.
She was diagnosed as having ketoacidosis, where dangerous levels of acids had built up in the blood and was placed in an intensive care unit.
The woman had rigorously followed the Atkins diet, which claims to produce rapid weight loss, and taken the recommended precautions, including using vitamins and other supplements.
She was discharged after four days in February 2004.
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