Ketosis and Ketoacidosis: They May Be Sisters, but They’re Certainly Not Twins

Abstract

As a diabetes educator, you may have been taught to fear the ketone. And rightly so: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has an inpatient mortality rate of 1% in the United states. recent data from Farsani indicate that for people with type 1 diabetes younger than age 30, 54% to 76% of deaths can be attributed to DKA. so, it may be confusing when health care professionals prescribe diets that induce ketosis or you hear ketones being referred to as “neuroprotective” or even “the perfect metabolic fuel.” How can something thought to be harmful actually be beneficial?