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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Acetone is weird, it’s produced in our bodies and processed with normal metabolic processes. But 5+g/kg still seems like a lot!

Acetone is produced and disposed of in the human body through normal metabolic processes. Small quantities of it are present naturally in blood and urine. People with diabetic ketoacidosis produce it in larger amounts. Medical ketogenic diets that increase ketone bodies (acetone, β-hydroxybutyric acid and acetoacetic acid) in the blood are used to suppress epileptic attacks in children with treatment-resistant epilepsy.[29]

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"The dose makes the poison." Paracelsus

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

His real name was Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim.

No one names their kids like this any more, now it's all Jayden, Jaiden, J-day, ....

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

Bit of a shame really. With a name like that the kid gets a lot of choices for nick names.