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I'll add my two cents.
1. ketosis is not really different from ketoacidosis. All the acidosis implies is that the ketosis is severe enough to significantly shift the pH of the blood.
2. it's not really clear that shifting the pH of the blood itself is a bad thing. Pretty much every study which looks at aiming to correct the pH of the blood comes up empty handed. So mostly it's not done anymore except when you need a hail mary - so to speak.
3. The atkins diet does not adversely affect the cholesterol. Reasons for this are not clear.
4. At this point, the medical community mostly believes that the atkins diet works, but for reasons that are different from what Dr. Atkins proposed. There is some concern for long term effects mainly because it has not been studied thoroughly.
5. I remember well being in biochem in med school and being told that the atkins diet wouldn't work. I went home and looked at it and looked at it and came to the conclusion that it seemed like it should work. Dumbass biochem phd.
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