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Re:Can an extreme low carb diet be used as medicine? by shlant on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:20AM (#23844788)
> In the worst case it probably won't kill you

Unfortunately, that is also not necessarily true:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19027591/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15679508/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15329077/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11575609/

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Re:Can an extreme low carb diet be used as medicine? by PudgePacket on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:46AM (#23845118)
> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23273808/

> Conclusions: The KD is a safe and efficacious therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy in Chinese children. The influence of age on efficacy is worth further investigation.

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Re:Can an extreme low carb diet be used as medicine? by shlant on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:50AM (#23845178)
edited. Thanks for catching that. I have a lot of different links in my notes haha
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Re:Can an extreme low carb diet be used as medicine? by keymone on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:15PM (#23848265)
There’s “probably” in GP’s comment.
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