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Table 116. Losses in body-weight by diabetics Continued. 



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which is due almost exclusively to a loss of water and may result from a dietetic 

 alteration involving the withdrawal of carbohydrates from the body in an 

 effort to make the patient sugar-free; second, a persistent and regular loss in 

 body-weight covering a period of several months, which is due to a deficient 

 energy supply caused by non-assimilation and an insufficient oxidation of food. 

 The case is furthermore somewhat complicated by the fact that the ingestion 

 of sodium bicarbonate may actually produce a gain in body-weight which is 

 obviously due to stored water; indeed, we have still another complication in the 

 fact that the influence of the retention of sodium chloride in edema may become 

 marked, particularly in cases of diabetes, with defective action of the kidneys. 



