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Message: <blockquote data-quote="michita" data-source="post: 1515645" data-attributes="member: 371071">Hi [USER=406622]@Odin004[/USER]Thank u for the comments <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I feel my choice of low carb diet is based on both fear and informed logic. To me they are not one or the other. I think it's fine to make a choice based on one's fear as long as the fear is a  rational one.It's ok to be fearful and it's natural and healthy to try to avoid what causes you the fear?I'm fearful of hypos. I have the right to live my daily life without having to worry about hypos if possible. I'm fearful that if I didn't keep tight BS control there is a good chance I might suffer from complications in 10, 20 years time. I don't think I could cope with living with complications. Low carb diet allows me to keep non-diabetic BS level so I can live without fear of future complications and I virtually have no hypos. It makes me angry when doctors accuse me (or I feel accused) of having too low BS. They are not the ones who will suffer if and when I develop complications in future after following their recommendations.So I choose to follow low carb diet because it allows me to keep non-diabetic BS and it almost removes the diabetes related fears. I feel quite certain that my fear of hypos and complications are very rational and real fears, not something I made up in my mind. Do you think I'm a bit extreme and I might be suffering from a mental disorder thinking this way ??</blockquote>

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