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ketosis and the DUI breathalyzer

If you are coming out of ketosis you can fail a breathalyzer after getting pulled over,

I read this a long time ago so I just did a search on google and found tons of hits but this one explains it the best.

You have been on strict high protein diet and then introduce carbohydrates, thereby triggering auto-generated alcohol production when ketones are converted to isopropyl alcohol (or the "auto-brewery" syndrome). Can also cause a sweet "fruity" smell on the breath of some subjects.

the breathalyzer cannot tell a diff between ethyl alcohol and isopropyl, or even acetone for that matter.

So just tell the cops that you just ate your first carbs in a long time and any lawyer worth his salt could get you off.

but you shouldnt drink any way, we need our livers for other things!

now that would suck!

That would suck to have them haul you downtown cause you were drunk on carbs!!!

I would assume that you could ask for a blood test if you had to.

Yes, you have the right to a blood test. The blood would override the breath test in court.