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Recently, the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association published a report on the condition of a woman who was forced six weeks after birth to enter the hospital because of a sharp rise in the proportion of Keto acidosis. Fortunately, this woman recovered quickly and the rate of acidosis returned to normal Keto the next day





High Keto acidosis is a serious condition and often occurs in patients with Type I diabetes who suffer from severe insulin deficiency. In rare cases





An increase in ketone acidity may occur in people who do not have diabetes after prolonged periods of hunger or inadequate intake of food. This condition usually occurs in stress or other health problems





In this case, women were taking low amounts of carbohydrates and large amounts of fat for a long time before they were exposed to the problem. Having postpartum symptoms of fever, nausea and loss of appetite have been completely suffered





However, she was breastfeeding her baby, which meant she needed more food





A women's case study shows that a low-carbohydrate diet is one of the potential factors that caused this problem





However, once the media knew about the matter, it immediately exaggerated the reason why it was a low-carbohydrate diet, although there was no evidence confirming it completely





Warning of LCHF diet during breastfeeding

LCHF is a low carb high fat diet, which means a low carbohydrate diet rich in fat





What did the Swedish woman say

The woman, whose case was described in the media reports, contacted the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association herself, in order to discuss her condition. She recounted a different story from the story reported in the media





"Unless it is explained that I - the nursing woman here - mean I followed the LCHF diet for about six years before this incident, but because of fatigue during my second pregnancy and after giving birth, I suffered from anorexia.





This caused more tension. The more I wanted to eat, the more my body refused. I ate what I could eat: popcorn, yogurt and fruit. The problem was that I barely ate, and I did not get enough energy from fat or carbohydrates





I had a fever that lasted a whole week, and that was two weeks before I went to the hospital, and during that week I did not eat anything, I almost drank water





While I was not eating, my exhausted daughter was breastfeeding normally. To say that I was following a low-carbohydrate diet because of it is a totally wrong belief, unfortunately I did not eat anything during the lactation period





Now, I still follow a low carb diet, but the difference between what happened to me and my condition now is that I now eat well. I'm in good health and I have not had any problem for a year





My daughter was breastfed naturally for 10 months after I left the hospital and did not feel any problem at all

Comment on what the woman said

After reading the story of the woman, her condition appears to fall under the category of rising Keto acidosis caused by hunger. It is known that hunger can - under certain conditions - lead to acidosis Keto, and these conditions in the case of women are breast feeding





Whether a low carbohydrate diet has contributed to the problem or not





It is possible that it can be part of a group that contains many underlying factors that have caused a high incidence of ketone acidosis





Although the women concerned did not suffer from low carbohydrate in their body during the last weeks before they entered the hospital





Many women and mothers have shared their stories about following Keto low-carbohydrate with great success and without any problems at all during the breastfeeding period