The only nourishment the patient receives is KE diet powder – an infusion of proteins, fats and micronutrients with no carbohydrates – mixed with water through the feeding tube.
The patient only takes in about 800 calories a day, but the infusion is constant and the absence of carbohydrates curbs hunger.
[3] The reported side effects of the diet include constipation, bad breath, dizziness[8] and lack of energy.
[9] Critics of the diet claim it is unhealthy and may cause infection of the lung, kidney failure and erosion of tissues in the nose and throat.
[8] According to David L. Katz, another potential danger is the development of eating disorders in connection with crash dieting.
"[13] A headline on National Review's website read, "End of the World Watch: The 'Feeding Tube' Diet.
[15] Michael Cirigliano, the medical expert for the television station Fox 29 in Philadelphia, dismissed the diet as "the most ludicrous, ridiculous thing I've ever heard of."