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If you remove carbohydrates from your diet and live almost exclusively on fat and protein, your body will have no other choice than to burn its fat. However, the resulting imbalances of the body are catastrophic. The low-carbohydrate diet has been labeled the uremic diet by the medical community because it causes an excess of nitrogen waste products in the urine. High protein diets produce ammonia and urea in the body, which are both toxic. These require large amounts of water intake to be flushed from the body. Unfortunately, a high protein diet acts like a diuretic that drains the body of water. The intercellular fluid is then drained from the body’s cells leading to chronic cellular dehydration, a precursor to most disease. It can also increase the risk of kidney stones and bone loss.[i] Continue reading →