Can Dieting Lead to DUI Arrests?
By: Gerri L. Elder In the United States, where obesity is a nationwide epidemic, the weight loss industry is booming. There is no shortage of new diets and diet programs being marketed. Anyone who wants to lose weight and avoid the many serious potential health problems caused by obesity has plenty of choices. A new report by lawyer Daniel Jaffe in the American Chronicle points out a dieting pitfall that has nothing to do with losing weight. According to Jaffe, some diets can cause legal problems. A recent trend in dieting involves low carb intake, while including plenty of protein in food choices. Jaffe says that this type of diet plan can lead to DUI arrests and even convictions. When a DUI suspect takes a breath test, the machine measures a group of molecular compounds in the breath sample. The problem is that the breath test machines do not always register just alcohol content. For people who are on high protein and low carb diets, certain compounds in the breath samples can be mis
