S. Basnet, N. Tachamo, S. Nazir, R. Dhital, A. Jehangir and A. Donato (2019). Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis associated with initiation of a very low-carbohydrate diet. Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 9(2), 165-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1583534

PubMed 31044050

[Abstract]
Low carbohydrate diets have been popularized as an effective solution for weight loss. Although rare, life-threatening anion gap metabolic acidosis has been reported in patients on these diets. We present a case of a 31-year-old man with atypical symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath found to have severe metabolic acidosis after starting low carbohydrate diet for a week.