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<blockquote data-quote="MarkMunday" data-source="post: 2335909" data-attributes="member: 525839"><p>Generally, death where hypos are suspected are often caused by something else. There is no way of telling post-mortem what blood glucose was at the time of death, so when hypoglycemia appears on a death certificate, it is guesswork. With the so-called dead-in-bed syndrome, death is now thought to be caused by an otherwise benign congenital heart defect. </p><p></p><p>People on ketogenic diets are thought to have 50% less glycogen in their livers. That could just be speculation, but in any case, such people have a much smaller need for glycogen. Simply because fat is the main source of energy. Bolusing is much smaller and basal is reduced too. Even the brain learns to use use fat for energy. I guess the implication of reduced liver glycogen capacity in people doing Kato is that they should avoid injecting large amounts of insulin. But that is like preaching to the converted ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkMunday, post: 2335909, member: 525839"] Generally, death where hypos are suspected are often caused by something else. There is no way of telling post-mortem what blood glucose was at the time of death, so when hypoglycemia appears on a death certificate, it is guesswork. With the so-called dead-in-bed syndrome, death is now thought to be caused by an otherwise benign congenital heart defect. People on ketogenic diets are thought to have 50% less glycogen in their livers. That could just be speculation, but in any case, such people have a much smaller need for glycogen. Simply because fat is the main source of energy. Bolusing is much smaller and basal is reduced too. Even the brain learns to use use fat for energy. I guess the implication of reduced liver glycogen capacity in people doing Kato is that they should avoid injecting large amounts of insulin. But that is like preaching to the converted ... [/QUOTE]
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