A Mom Tried Keto Diet For 30 Days. This Is What Happened When Things Went Wrong.

Patient JC portrayed by Raquel Jennings
Review: Dr M Gordon

Abdominal MRI courtesy doi: 10.1056 NEJMcpc1114037

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These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet, see your own physician in person for that.

This video was shot on Canon C200 and Sony A7R3.

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[chubbyemu]

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[karamzing]

Based on the comments, an incredible amount of people missed what actually happened here. She had a tumor in her pancreas that caused a chronically elevated level of insulin, which was constantly pushing her blood sugar below the normal range. Going keto forced her body to rely entirely on the glucose it produces itself, which your body is normally able to do without problems, especially after it has adapted to using ketones for fuel for most things. Due to the chronic hyperinsulinemia, her body was not able to function normally. Going keto actually revealed an underlying medical condition that otherwise might have gone unnoticed for months or years. I guess there is also a warning here: Sometimes it's not just keto flu, but actual hypoglycemia.

[ChrisOvercash]

mom: puts baby in the fridge and puts yogurt on her eggs

dad: "lol. classic."

[yomama]

JC has the worst luck. She’s been in so many of these videos.

[ColinBurkeMusic]

I always love your ending “take care of yourself, and be well.” Literally best advice from anywhere.

[BudrMac]

A student watched Chubbyemu instead of studying.


This is what happened to their grades.

[lotusauer]

When there’s a presence of sugar in the blood, but the sugar is actually sugar cubes

[KeitieKalopsia]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but the moment you get told you tried to _put a baby in the fridge, _ that should be the moment you decide to got to the doctor or stop the keto diet.

[siddharthr]

It's crazy how doctors prescribe anti-depressants straight away without trying to do a full diagnosis on why are symptoms showing up in the first place.

[alizea]

Doctor: “eat sugar or you’re going to have a bad time”
Jc: *puts baby in fridge* “nah I’m good”

[lukel.]

Me: *looking for something to eat*
*Chubbyemu enters my house and starts narrating*
Me: *Starts sweating bullets*

[maxwell_edison]

"The same episodes would repeat every mornings"
Props to the husband who KNEW this was happening but didn't immediately rush his wife to the hospital after she tried to PUT HER BABY in the FRIDGE.
...Also props to JC, who literally had already been diagnosed by a doctor, had the EXACT SAME symptoms as before after stopping doctor recommendations, but didn't think to start them again.

[abrewer]

My husband had this same issue for 7 years doctors in wyoming shrugged it off . finally a move to Idaho and repeated seizures doctors finally figured out it was a non cancerous tumor on his pancreas. When they did the surgery the surgeon said everytime they would press on the tumor it would realse high levels of insulin.

[cailahlim]

is it just me, or have chubbyemu’s vids reached a new level?

[Lus]

“He thought she was joking, but realized something was wrong when she tried to put baby in refrigerator”

[peterkn]

My mother had hypoglycemia caused by a tumor on her Pancreas too! She was having episodes once very few days and her regular doctor just told her to snack more and carry candy around. Luckily for us, the docutors at USC medical (In Los Angeles) figured it out and quickly removed the tumor. She's been fine eversince.

[starrywizdom]

Wait, if "JC" was trying to "feed her daughter naturally, " doesn't that mean breastmilk? I gained about 50 pounds while pregnant; while breast feeding, I was eating normally, but the pounds were just melting off due to the calories going into the breast milk. After 6 months of breastfeeding, all but about 10 pounds of the extra weight were gone; I lost the last 10 pounds over the next 6 months. If you're trying to breastfeed, it's NOT the time for a reducing diet, since your baby NEEDS those calories in the milk!

[KjV]

“He realized something was wrong when she tried to put baby in the refrigerator


Baby should have gone in the cupboard."

[hazalad]

"Her husband shrugged her attempt to put the baby in the refrigerator as a joke. She was doing weird stuff every morning" I think the husband was really the insane one. WTF???

[rebasack]

I used to ride my bike up to 50 miles a day before i broke my knee. During the time i was non weight bearing I did not change my eating habits as a result my weight doubled.. I reached a point where i was always hungry even if i just ate. So I got a surgery called a gastric sleeve where most of the stomach is removed.
Immediately following that surgery I went from eating all the time to barely eating at all. It was a HUGE adjustment period for my body. The thing is I am also ADHD and the first really bad hypoglycemic episode I had I was only alerted to because of my cat. She bit me until she yanked me out of my hyperfocus, yelled at me and then led me to the kitchen and yelled at me again.
She alerted me several more times after that as my body adjusted to getting healthier portions of food less often. After a few months I quit having these attacks and I am still doing well.
My cat still takes very good care of me.