DrFuhrman Online - Review of the South Beach Diet and health risks.

Dad,
If your doctor is finding ketones in your urine, leading him to think you have diabetes, yet blood glucose testing shows you don't, perhaps it's your diet.

Please click on the following link to better understand:

DrFuhrman Online - Review of the South Beach Diet and health risks.

Additionally:


"...Low-carb diets work by getting the body to burn stored fat as fuel rather than carbohydrates. As that fat burns, chemicals known as ketones build up in the body..."

The above and related info can be found at the following sites:
http://www.drkoop.com/newsdetail/93/518769.html
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12478
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003585.htm


If the doctor is finding proteins in your urine, these sites explain possibilities:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003580.htm
http://www.medicinenet.com/kidney_disease_hypertension-related/article.htm

While some sites refer to halitosis, the point I am noting is that ketones are being found also in the urine, as may pertain to your health issue.