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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2119510" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>I do mainly low carb too and have asked the question of a diabetic consultant whether given the experience of being less sensitive to lower blood sugars when you have more numbers 'in range' via keto, what the research says about any dangers of having lower blood sugars than the higher average which is preferred for those treated with insulin. She said that increased incidence of blood sugars under 4 would produce reduced sensations of hypos and therefore be potentially dangerous. She would not or cold not answer the question about what level of blood glucose represents an absolute danger ( e.g. a recent thread here mentioned someone feeling symptoms of hypo when going under 20!).</p><p>I had heard of an experiment in which healthy men were put on a ketogenic diet and improved their tolerance of having lower blood sugars i.e. they went lower than normal but were completely asymptomatic and functional (will wrack my brains to remember the book in which this was mentioned - possibly Taubes The Case Against Sugsar....</p><p>It makes sense to me that if you are not taking high doses of insulin and are a 'fat burner' , you will have less roller coaster peaks and troughs. The law of small numbers as Dr Bernstein says.</p><p>In my experience clinicians have very little experience of how type 1 s react to ketogenic diets and less experience of type 1s achieving normal and stable blood sugars so will therefore assume that a low HBA1c = peaks and troughs rather than a steady line of low ish numbers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2119510, member: 365308"] I do mainly low carb too and have asked the question of a diabetic consultant whether given the experience of being less sensitive to lower blood sugars when you have more numbers 'in range' via keto, what the research says about any dangers of having lower blood sugars than the higher average which is preferred for those treated with insulin. She said that increased incidence of blood sugars under 4 would produce reduced sensations of hypos and therefore be potentially dangerous. She would not or cold not answer the question about what level of blood glucose represents an absolute danger ( e.g. a recent thread here mentioned someone feeling symptoms of hypo when going under 20!). I had heard of an experiment in which healthy men were put on a ketogenic diet and improved their tolerance of having lower blood sugars i.e. they went lower than normal but were completely asymptomatic and functional (will wrack my brains to remember the book in which this was mentioned - possibly Taubes The Case Against Sugsar.... It makes sense to me that if you are not taking high doses of insulin and are a 'fat burner' , you will have less roller coaster peaks and troughs. The law of small numbers as Dr Bernstein says. In my experience clinicians have very little experience of how type 1 s react to ketogenic diets and less experience of type 1s achieving normal and stable blood sugars so will therefore assume that a low HBA1c = peaks and troughs rather than a steady line of low ish numbers! [/QUOTE]
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