Can the Keto Diet Cause a DWI?
Can the Keto Diet Cause a DWI? The short answer is yes.
The ketogenic diet (more commonly referred to as the keto diet) is a low-carb, high-fat diet that offers a variety of health benefit. Keto reduces fat and weight in participants. A Ketogenic diet may even reduce diabetes, cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
While this diet is extremely popular now, it is important to realize that one consequence of the diet is that it can make getting a false positive for DWI much easier.
Why Does Keto Mimic Being Under The influence?
How can the Keto Diet Cause a DWI? The ketogenic diet drastically reduces carbohydrate intake and replaces it with fat. This extreme reduction in carbohydrates puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When the body does not have enough glucose for energy, it burns stored fats, which in turn produces acetone.
Isopropyl alcohol is not the same as ethyl (beverage) alcohol. However, a Breathalyzer will give a positive for any compound containing the methyl group structure. This is true of ethyl and isopropyl alcohol, as well other compounds including asthma medications, cold medication and oral gels.
Call Clyde Burleson if You Think the Keto Diet May Have Caused Your DWI
Give Clyde W. Burleson, P.C. a call at 713-628-1503. You will get a free consultation to see if your breath results may have been skewed by keto diet acetones, or any number of other factors that can create a false positive DWI for you.
