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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1454278" data-attributes="member: 32394">I still don't really get what "works" means.I've been eating 20-50g of carbs a day for about a year. It hasn't really changed what my blood sugar looks like, it's reduced severe spikes but I didn't get a lot of those with judicious pre bolusing, it hasn't reduced hypos. It does mean that I now really struggle to deal with carbs and my pre-low carb I:C ratio would need to be dramatically increased to deal with a carb heavy meal.It does mean that I now have to bolus for protein, frequently as a correction due to the delay of a protein rise. TDD is pretty similar to pre low carb.So it works as in I'm alive, my blood sugars look vaugely alright ish. I'm fine with energy etc. I'm fairly active and most days I won't "carb up" for a work out but for long runs I'll usually have Bergen bread before hand. But there's more to think about in terms of the protein bolus and chasing that up and less flexibility because my body isn't used to having to deal with carbs. I wouldn't say it's particularly improved anything for me with blood sugar but I'm a bit scared to reintroduce because I know that will be painfull while I:C ratios are rejigged.</blockquote>

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