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Type 2 hypo - too low carb

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Downtown_Man

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Type of diabetes
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Hi - I'm only 3 days into a low carb diet - and came downstairs this morning to a 3.4 mmol reading!
(Am attempting to reverse my diabetes with dramatic weight loss.)

Yesterday I had a 2 egg mushroom, chorizo & parmisan - scrambled egg, a tesco 2% lager (8 carbs) , kippers & poached egg for tea. Red wine - brandy & whisky also involved ! But basically only 22 carbs all day after a glitch on the veg front.

My wife having become type 1 at Christmas this year and just starting now to get hypo's while her doses of insulin are being sorted I can now appreciate the feeling to a degree and probably wouldn't have been aware if I hadn't been prompted by her condition to buy my own monitor. Indistinguishable from a hangover really.

Would recommend getting a monitor if going low carb.

Cheers - John
(type 2 diagnosed 2009 @ 49 yrs of age after statins prescribed - diet controlled at the moment - hba1c 6.2% - 17st ish)
 
I suspect that your low this morning might also have something to do with the red wine, whiskey and brandy. Alcohol can lower BG, but quite often in an unpredictable fashion and some period later. Maybe, if it feels like a hangover, it just is one?
 
3.4 is a delightfully normal BG. Or as Boojewels points out can also be an effect of alcohol.
 
Hi,

I'm with the alcahol therory.. It would have distracted the liver dumping glycogen. Thus no "dawn phenomion"..

I wholeheartedly agree about the monitor. Whatever D type!
 
Downtown_Man said:
(Am attempting to reverse my diabetes with dramatic weight loss.)
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Brandy and Whiskey might be low in carbs but won't do you any favours if you're counting calories. Dramatic weight loss is also a recipe for rapid weight gain, so beware. Also, as has already been mentioned, a very likely reason for your low readings in the morning.

Downtown_Man said:
Would recommend getting a monitor if going low carb.
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And even if you're not going low carb, it's essential despite what some medics say, luckily my GP doesn't have a problem, just can't prescribe the strips.
 
bulkbiker said:
Did you feel ill or just measured your bloods and found they were low?
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Hi - felt quite ill - but knowing my bloods made me associate it with that. My wifes lows as a type 1 mase me aware of what was in the too low range & her reactions seemed similar to mine.

Anyway I.m 7.1 this morning.

Yes guys - I should watch the booze - it preoccupies the liver from it's glucose creating activities as you say. Although the glycogen store also gets run down if you low carb enough.
 
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