Of course--that is the basis of the high protein, low carb diet. Many of the people on it probably know more about ketosis than you do, despite your smug question.
"Some individuals at the ketogenic level of controlled carbohydrate eating may experience mild symptoms such as unusual breath odor and constipation. However, the vast majority of individuals do not develop problems. One study of a severely ketogenic diet showed that ketosis was benign, with no complications or side effects when studied in metabolic ward conditions. The month-long study documented heart, kidney, liver and blood-cell functions in the patients and found no adverse effects"
Perhaps it was smug and I did get caught unawares but I gave you all to much credit and said I was mistaken.
I do know when I was watching the National Geographic channel, when the Orangutangs and other animals were in Ketosis, it was considered unhealthy.
Mr. Atkins was using a study by the Journal Of Nutrition, you choose to believe them and clain to have superior knowledge. I choose to believe Joslin, HArvard, MIT, AMA, JAMA, Association of sports medicine, the entire New England Medical community, and just about every credible scientific source in the world.
I disagree with you, you say I am misinformed. Did you ever stop to think that perhaps it is YOU who are misinformed?
On to other things that might interest you all, this is from the Scientific American (I reckon they are wrong as well.)...
" Eating fatty foods, not exercising and somehow remaining lean and healthy--it's the couch potato's dream. And for a certain group of genetically altered mice, it has now become a reality. According to a report in the October issue of the journal Nature Medicine, Washington University researchers have developed mice that resist obesity and diabetes despite eating a diet high in fat. The key, it appears, lies with a protein dubbed uncoupling protein-1, which when produced in muscle tissue mimics the effects of exercise.
Food energy is converted into a chemical energy called ATP, which fuels the body's muscles during exercise. In the absence of exercise, ATP serves to make and store fat. Accumulation of this fat can lead to obesity, which in turn can lead to diabetes. The new study showed that in mice whose skeletal muscle was genetically coaxed into producing uncoupling protein-1, the protein converted the food energy into heat, instead of ATP. So although these mice were consistently eating poorly, they stayed as trim and fit as mice that were fed a low-fat diet. Unaltered mice fed the high-fat diet, in contrast, became obese and diabetic, and exhibited high cholesterol levels."
Of COURSE you all know more then I about these things, as has already been said, I dont back up my conclusions with valid scientific studies. So here I go again.