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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 949440" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>The FEAR has, at times, been a major factor for me.</p><p></p><p>My hypos are accompanied by incandescent rage, which is traumatic for me, and awful for the people within radius.</p><p></p><p>I realise that fixing RH with glucose seems like the obvious answer, but from my experience, it really, really, isn't.</p><p></p><p>A far better solution is to not go hypo in the first place.</p><p></p><p>That requires eating slow release foods regularly, so your body never has the high that triggers the low. I completely understand that this is far easier said than done!</p><p></p><p>For me, one of the benefits of a ketogenic diet (very low carb) is that my bg stays beautifully level. I rarely go above 7mmol/l and almost never below 5mmol/l. On a very rare hypo (usually caused by stress, exercise and or being unable to eat on schedule), a ketogenic hypo is a totally different experience than a carb fuelled hypo. It is gentler, slower, less panicky. There is plenty of time to reach into my bag and snaffle the 9bar that is ALWAYS there. By eating a seed and nut bar, rather than pure sugar, i get a controlled rise, equally gentle.</p><p></p><p>I have been through a lot of different phases with this dratted RH thing. Going very low carb and entering ketosis has been the most liberating experience. Although the cost of the liberation is giving up lots of the things you mention - including bananas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 949440, member: 41816"] The FEAR has, at times, been a major factor for me. My hypos are accompanied by incandescent rage, which is traumatic for me, and awful for the people within radius. I realise that fixing RH with glucose seems like the obvious answer, but from my experience, it really, really, isn't. A far better solution is to not go hypo in the first place. That requires eating slow release foods regularly, so your body never has the high that triggers the low. I completely understand that this is far easier said than done! For me, one of the benefits of a ketogenic diet (very low carb) is that my bg stays beautifully level. I rarely go above 7mmol/l and almost never below 5mmol/l. On a very rare hypo (usually caused by stress, exercise and or being unable to eat on schedule), a ketogenic hypo is a totally different experience than a carb fuelled hypo. It is gentler, slower, less panicky. There is plenty of time to reach into my bag and snaffle the 9bar that is ALWAYS there. By eating a seed and nut bar, rather than pure sugar, i get a controlled rise, equally gentle. I have been through a lot of different phases with this dratted RH thing. Going very low carb and entering ketosis has been the most liberating experience. Although the cost of the liberation is giving up lots of the things you mention - including bananas. [/QUOTE]
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