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<blockquote data-quote="PeteN11" data-source="post: 2336046" data-attributes="member: 516926"><p>I do not believe we can ever rely on our Livers helping out. Just one sniff of Insulin in the body and it just wont happen anyway. I am fortunate though to not have to worry about it as I do not believe I have ever had a night time Hypo.</p><p></p><p>Reducing the amount of carbs should also mean a drop in Insulin which may mean the Liver helps out more to begin with but the body should adapt to using stored fat instead.</p><p></p><p>I have been playing with low carbs for 3 months with 50g to less than 80g a day. I feel better for it now but the first couple of weeks I felt very tired and lethargic. I have now reduced my Basal Insulin by half and my Bolus by much more. The trouble with me is I am not strict enough with it so probably have not ventured too far into the Ketososis phase although I did lose over a stone in weight.</p><p></p><p>My BG levels used to fluctuate wildly with varying highs between 8 & 15, probably due to my bad management but with low carb the average was around 6 with whole days of between 5-6 readings including night time. I have never been able to do that before.</p><p></p><p>This you tube video is a discussion with Dr Ian Lake a T1 from age of 30 who is an advocate of low carb diet. There are so many interesting points in it. The main one for me is that only 10% of T1's in the UK reach a Hba1c of 7% or lower whereas those on a Keto diet it is 90%!</p><p></p><p>He also talks about his (and others) recent "Zero 5 100" event. No food for 5 days running/walking 100 miles. Around the 40 min mark he says that many of those taking part were regularly showing BG of 3 with no adverse effect or any of the usual Hypo symptoms.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]DwfB5uLkML4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeteN11, post: 2336046, member: 516926"] I do not believe we can ever rely on our Livers helping out. Just one sniff of Insulin in the body and it just wont happen anyway. I am fortunate though to not have to worry about it as I do not believe I have ever had a night time Hypo. Reducing the amount of carbs should also mean a drop in Insulin which may mean the Liver helps out more to begin with but the body should adapt to using stored fat instead. I have been playing with low carbs for 3 months with 50g to less than 80g a day. I feel better for it now but the first couple of weeks I felt very tired and lethargic. I have now reduced my Basal Insulin by half and my Bolus by much more. The trouble with me is I am not strict enough with it so probably have not ventured too far into the Ketososis phase although I did lose over a stone in weight. My BG levels used to fluctuate wildly with varying highs between 8 & 15, probably due to my bad management but with low carb the average was around 6 with whole days of between 5-6 readings including night time. I have never been able to do that before. This you tube video is a discussion with Dr Ian Lake a T1 from age of 30 who is an advocate of low carb diet. There are so many interesting points in it. The main one for me is that only 10% of T1's in the UK reach a Hba1c of 7% or lower whereas those on a Keto diet it is 90%! He also talks about his (and others) recent "Zero 5 100" event. No food for 5 days running/walking 100 miles. Around the 40 min mark he says that many of those taking part were regularly showing BG of 3 with no adverse effect or any of the usual Hypo symptoms. [MEDIA=youtube]DwfB5uLkML4[/MEDIA] :) [/QUOTE]
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