Since I am type 2 not taking meds, pretty much the only things I know about Diabetes are what I should & shouldn't eat and what my bg numbers should be. I read a post this morning where someone is having trouble with DKA so I went online and read an article that said Ketoacidosis is when your cells don't get the glucose they need for energy, your body begins to burn fat for energy, which produces ketones. Ketones are acids that build up in the blood and appear in the urine when your body doesn't have enough insulin. The article also said it is rare in people with type 2, but can happen.
With that definition in mind, if someone is on a high fat diet, eats very few carbs and begins their day eating only protein & fat in an attempt to make their body burn fat instead of (I don't know whether the word here should be carbs or insulin or what.), can that cause a person's body to produce ketones that will build up in the blood and appear in the urine, since your body is burning fat for energy?
This is probably a dumb question, and in this case I sure hope it is.
With that definition in mind, if someone is on a high fat diet, eats very few carbs and begins their day eating only protein & fat in an attempt to make their body burn fat instead of (I don't know whether the word here should be carbs or insulin or what.), can that cause a person's body to produce ketones that will build up in the blood and appear in the urine, since your body is burning fat for energy?
This is probably a dumb question, and in this case I sure hope it is.