Lower carb = lower insulin requirement = less fluctuation, more time in range and better margin for error in situations with incorrect dosing.
Nail on head,
@tim2000s ! Excellent question,
@DConnolly , and welcome to the forum!
I find my day-to-day life very much easier eating lower carb and therefore having less insulin on board. I have fewer hypos, and any I do have tend to be a much much slower drop than before. And I'm more relaxed in myself, too, because I am in range most of the time.
I'd had 29 years with diabetes eating a 'standard' diet containing lots of starchy carbs and plenty of fruit - and I coped as well as I could, not knowing any different. Yes, the insulin covered the carbs, but with lots and lots of peaks and troughs in my blood sugar levels. It always felt like a compromise - as I I were missing something.
This is of course entirely people's own personal choice, but I find my own control much more balanced and predictable now I have a lower carb eating style.
In my job, I have three things I need to consider for my working practice on an ongoing basis, and I think these are also valuable questions for my diabetes management, too!
Are you safe?
Are you comfortable?
Is it working as you'd like it to?
I have to say that my way of eating ticks all three of those boxes. And I don't at all feel I'm missing out.