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How do you hypo on a ketogenic diet?
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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 665653" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>Hi Anthony, </p><p></p><p>That's interesting and backs up what I understand of Ketosis for someone without diabetes. </p><p></p><p>Once you are in Ketosis, your body functions on fatty acids and the liver can metabolise the small amounts of glucose still needed for brain function from protein. In a fully ketogenic state, you do not have any glycogen stored so there is nowhere to turn other than protein and your entire metabolism functions differently.</p><p></p><p>The key difference for T1s is that we are adding in insulin (which manages the release of those fatty acids - lack of it causes ketoacidosis - as well as taking glucose into storage) and it sounds as though you have found a nigh on perfect balance. </p><p></p><p>When I am in full on ketosis, I still get warning signs that I am low, however I have found that it is much easier to maintain concentration and continue to do things that I can't when not in that state, however when dropping below 2.2 mmol/l, I was getting impaired brain function. I hadn't paid that much attention to it before now, but your post makes a lot of sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 665653, member: 30007"] Hi Anthony, That's interesting and backs up what I understand of Ketosis for someone without diabetes. Once you are in Ketosis, your body functions on fatty acids and the liver can metabolise the small amounts of glucose still needed for brain function from protein. In a fully ketogenic state, you do not have any glycogen stored so there is nowhere to turn other than protein and your entire metabolism functions differently. The key difference for T1s is that we are adding in insulin (which manages the release of those fatty acids - lack of it causes ketoacidosis - as well as taking glucose into storage) and it sounds as though you have found a nigh on perfect balance. When I am in full on ketosis, I still get warning signs that I am low, however I have found that it is much easier to maintain concentration and continue to do things that I can't when not in that state, however when dropping below 2.2 mmol/l, I was getting impaired brain function. I hadn't paid that much attention to it before now, but your post makes a lot of sense. [/QUOTE]
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