Flight attendant Andre Riley was midair when a medical emergency struck, and he leapt into action to help a sick passenger. Once the plane landed, however, Riley lost his job — according to a GoFundMe, he was reportedly fired by American Airlines after a breathalyzer test showed alcohol in his system, and he was accused of drinking on the flight. But Riley isn’t he didn’t have a drop. He insists it was a false-positive caused by his low-carb, high-fat keto diet. According to experts, it’s true that the the low-carb, high-fat keto diet has the potential to cause a false positive on a breath test. The keto diet works by cutting carbohydrates, prompting the body to burn fat for fuel instead, in a state known as ketosis. In this state, the body begins to produce compounds called ketones for energy.
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Ketogenic Keto and low carbohydrate diets are among the more popular eating lifestyles these days. Someone on a strict Keto or other low carb diet metabolizes energy differently than a person who is eating a normal amount of carbs. Anecdotal evidence and a few scientific papers supports a potential concern that someone on a Keto diet could cause a false positive on a breathalyzer. While the breath molecules expelled by a person in ketosis will not turn a 0. For example, someone who is in ketosis and has had a couple of drinks and might have a 0. Law enforcement agencies use fuel cell breathalyzers, which supposedly can differentiate between ethanol molecules those created by drinking alcohol and other alcohol-based molecules, such as the Isopropyl molecules expelled when someone is in ketosis. However, I am unaware of any data that support this. Beyond that, the driver who unwittingly chooses a breath test rather than a blood chemical test, may be stuck with a false positive result. A lesson here might be that if your. Another concern, now that installation of ignition interlock devices IIDs are now required following most DUIs, is whether a Keto diet may prevent these devices from operating. IIDs require a 0.
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