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How do you hypo on a ketogenic diet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 808904" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p>Sorry for the very late response [USER=113749]@LucySW[/USER] </p><p></p><p>My experience is similar to Anthony ([USER=63791]@diamondnostril[/USER]) and [USER=30007]@tim2000s[/USER]. Hypo warnings occur at a lower level and I am fully functional at a lower level. I don't do it deliberately, I just notice that it's the case. Hypos are noticeably much less severe. In general for me and probably others it is the fast dropping hypos that are the most dangerous and hard to deal with. In ketosis I get only slow dropping hypos that are gentle and easy to deal with. I find it much easier to avoid over treating the hypo by "eating the kitchen" until I feel ok. In turn this means rebound hypos are avoided. </p><p></p><p>To be honest though I always assumed that the milder hypos during ketosis were simply due to the much smaller amounts of insulin being used. After all it is insulin that causes hypos, invariably, and hence big insulin doses are required for any rapid blood sugar drops. </p><p></p><p>Whether there is something in the ketosis itself that affects the nature of the hypo, I can't say personally, though of course there is a body of research showing better toleration of low blood glucose by the brain when in a ketogenic state.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 808904, member: 102150"] Sorry for the very late response [USER=113749]@LucySW[/USER] My experience is similar to Anthony ([USER=63791]@diamondnostril[/USER]) and [USER=30007]@tim2000s[/USER]. Hypo warnings occur at a lower level and I am fully functional at a lower level. I don't do it deliberately, I just notice that it's the case. Hypos are noticeably much less severe. In general for me and probably others it is the fast dropping hypos that are the most dangerous and hard to deal with. In ketosis I get only slow dropping hypos that are gentle and easy to deal with. I find it much easier to avoid over treating the hypo by "eating the kitchen" until I feel ok. In turn this means rebound hypos are avoided. To be honest though I always assumed that the milder hypos during ketosis were simply due to the much smaller amounts of insulin being used. After all it is insulin that causes hypos, invariably, and hence big insulin doses are required for any rapid blood sugar drops. Whether there is something in the ketosis itself that affects the nature of the hypo, I can't say personally, though of course there is a body of research showing better toleration of low blood glucose by the brain when in a ketogenic state. [/QUOTE]
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