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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 455754" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi Beachbag,</p><p></p><p>The lower you keep your BG, the lower your body is used to having them, so it won't respond until a lower level. Have you heard of a false hypo? This is when your body is so used to high BG it thinks it's in hypo at 5s and 6s - which it clearly isn't.</p><p></p><p>As you bring your BG down, your body will learn a new 'Normal'. That's probably all that's happening. I get hypo symptoms at the high 3s generally. 4 is only an arbitrary level - it doesn't mean anything biologically. I've noticed that as a low-carber I don't get the sudden drops that I get when I eat refined carbs, so I'm often happy to leave mine in the 3s depending on how much active insulin I have on board, what I'm doing, when my last meal was, when the next one is etc. For you, I wouldn't recommend that because of your mixed insulin. As you bring your BG down through your diet, you will need to talk to your team about reducing your mixed dose so that the hypos don't become more frequent. Or, maybe consider a move onto basal/bolus so that you can tune your bolus to your needs.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 455754, member: 29301"] Hi Beachbag, The lower you keep your BG, the lower your body is used to having them, so it won't respond until a lower level. Have you heard of a false hypo? This is when your body is so used to high BG it thinks it's in hypo at 5s and 6s - which it clearly isn't. As you bring your BG down, your body will learn a new 'Normal'. That's probably all that's happening. I get hypo symptoms at the high 3s generally. 4 is only an arbitrary level - it doesn't mean anything biologically. I've noticed that as a low-carber I don't get the sudden drops that I get when I eat refined carbs, so I'm often happy to leave mine in the 3s depending on how much active insulin I have on board, what I'm doing, when my last meal was, when the next one is etc. For you, I wouldn't recommend that because of your mixed insulin. As you bring your BG down through your diet, you will need to talk to your team about reducing your mixed dose so that the hypos don't become more frequent. Or, maybe consider a move onto basal/bolus so that you can tune your bolus to your needs. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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