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Article in The Times today

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Yes,a good if glib summary
 
I often wonder if there are different factors at play for those of us who are not overweight, are active with normal Cholesterol levels. I am unable to go low carb as I start having hypos. It's frustrating.
 
I often wonder if there are different factors at play for those of us who are not overweight, are active with normal Cholesterol levels. I am unable to go low carb as I start having hypos. It's frustrating.
As you are a type 2 taking no meds (according to your profile) what do you mean by hypos? I am interested in what happens when you have one, and what your blood sugar levels are during one. It's very rare for an unmedicated type 2 to have hypos
 
 
I often wonder if there are different factors at play for those of us who are not overweight, are active with normal Cholesterol levels. I am unable to go low carb as I start having hypos. It's frustrating.

An interesting section here about other possible causes.

Do you think you had hypos symptoms before you had diabetes?
 
Thanks for the link. Did I have hypos before I was diabetic? I am pretty sure I did, but I thought it was anxiety or a bad dream after waking up. It was only when I started using a cgm that I realized it wasn't anxiety but low blood sugar. I read up on the reasons for them. Of course, I stopped drinking alcohol which helped a bit. On the advice of both my Dr and my diabetic team I increased my carbs (I was on a healthy diet but not a low carb diet). Increasing my carbs helped a lot but I still get the odd one, but only as low as mid 3's now and not often, more likely to happen after exercise. Were they reactive hypos, no not usually as a result of high sugar spikes, although I have had those, especially if my blood sugars spike. They can be at say a nice healthy 6 and then whoosh they go down really fast so I have set my low blood sugar alarm at 4.5 to give me warning but as I say since increasing my carbs I don't get them that often.
 
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