Skipping staple foods in normal people does not usually lead to diabetic ketoacidosis. When diabetic patients do not eat staple food, it will lead to enhanced fat metabolism and increased production of ketone bodies, which may induce diabetic ketoacidosis in severe cases.
Not eating staple food, i.e. not consuming starchy food. Glucose metabolism is normal in normal people, when intake of sugar is low, fat will be broken down instead of sugar for energy, ketone bodies may also rise mildly, which will produce starvation ketosis, but generally does not lead to diabetic ketoacidosis.
Diabetic patients themselves have impaired glucose metabolism, if you do not eat staple foods, will promote the metabolism of fat, so that gluconeogenesis increases, the ketone bodies in the blood further increase, and in severe cases can induce diabetic ketoacidosis.
In addition, diabetic patients, taking hypoglycemic drugs to control blood sugar. If you do not eat the main food, and take glucose-lowering drugs or injected insulin, it is possible to induce a serious hypoglycemic reaction, or even shock coma.
Warm tips: diabetic patients need to eat a reasonable diet, regular meals, regular quantitative, such as the occurrence of physical discomfort, to seek timely medical treatment.