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Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by traek on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:25PM (#18571228)
Source? From my read it looks like you absolutely can.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc052709

Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by joecool1029 on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:54PM (#18571547)
That's a case study of a single patient. Main takeaway:

>Benign dietary ketosis resulting from restricting carbohydrates could, theoretically, cause ketoacidosis in persons with a predisposition to the condition.

Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by matt4077 on Friday November 30, 2018 @02:26PM (#18571849)
That sounds very much like what they were saying. “Theoretically” is closer to “can” than it is to “cannot”.
Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment by village-idiot on Saturday December 01, 2018 @01:14PM (#18577981)
Also, I said that it’s a risk to be managed. People are acting like I said that it’s a certainty and that not eating sugar constantly as a diabetic will kill you instantly or something.