Scientists warn of Quito's popular regime

21:27 12.02.2019(Update 21:32 12.02.2019) Copy link

The Quito diet has since become a major success worldwide, as it allows those who follow it to eat only fats and sugars. Despite its successful results, a recent US study has revealed serious warnings.

Diets, such as quito and Atkins, can increase the risk of life-threatening illness, "infection" or sepsis, according to the Daily Mail.

Sepsis occurs when the immune system releases chemicals into the bloodstream to fight the cause of the disease, but instead of healing the patient, it causes inflammation throughout the body.

The researchers found the results of their study on rats, which were divided into two groups dealing with two different types of diets, the first Western diet characterized by low fiber content and an increase in fat and fat content. sugar, while the second diet is only high in fiber.

They found that the first group of rats, based on a high-fat diet, suffered from chronic infections, sepsis and an increase in the number of deaths of its members, in contrast to the other group submitted to a normal diet.

Lead author of the study, Rock Napier, an assistant professor of biology at Portland State University, believes that the first group of rats was a victim of blood poisoning resulting in rapid death, because their diet contains something, and not because of an increase in weight or presence. Bacteria in the intestines.

"The diet of fats and sugars can control the human immune system by an unknown mechanism," suggests the study.

Professor Napier says:

"The immune system in mice in the Western diet, it works differently, seems to manipulate the functions of immune cells, so that they are more susceptible to sepsis and, when they are infected, a death fast happens.

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said these findings could alert hospitals that they will monitor their patients' meals in the intensive care wards because they are more likely to get sepsis.

At least 46,000 people die each year in the United Kingdom as a result of the disease, while one million Americans die each year and 15 to 30% die.

The most common symptoms of "infection" or sepsis, confusion in the words or confusion, and tremors or severe muscle pain, and not to urinate for a full day and severe breathing and a change of color of the skin.