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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1688034" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Only if you overtreat. It's easy to do in the panic of a hypo, done it plenty of times myself. </p><p></p><p>To put it in perspective, your average human has about 5 litres of blood, each litre has about 1 gram of sugar. So, we're talking small amounts here, but the body really doesn't like it if it goes much below that 1g per litre. If you start piling in 20 or 30 g, it'll raise it way too high. Most common mild hypos will do fine with 10g.</p><p></p><p>I always try to keep in the back of my mind that 10g will take time to get into the bloodstream so don't expect immediate results.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people (me included!) tend to keep eating until they feel better, but this ignores the time aspect. They might not feel better till they've eaten the second batch of 10/20, but that's only because the first 10 was still in the process of getting into stream, and although the second batch might seem like it sorted it, it's overkill.</p><p></p><p>Difficult to do in the panic of a hypo, and different rules apply with hard, fast drops with lots of peak iob when way more than 10g is warranted, but it's often worthwhile taking a deep breath, and say, ok, I've had 10g, give it 10 minutes to get to work and see how it looks then. Rinse and repeat if not sorted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1688034, member: 374531"] Only if you overtreat. It's easy to do in the panic of a hypo, done it plenty of times myself. To put it in perspective, your average human has about 5 litres of blood, each litre has about 1 gram of sugar. So, we're talking small amounts here, but the body really doesn't like it if it goes much below that 1g per litre. If you start piling in 20 or 30 g, it'll raise it way too high. Most common mild hypos will do fine with 10g. I always try to keep in the back of my mind that 10g will take time to get into the bloodstream so don't expect immediate results. A lot of people (me included!) tend to keep eating until they feel better, but this ignores the time aspect. They might not feel better till they've eaten the second batch of 10/20, but that's only because the first 10 was still in the process of getting into stream, and although the second batch might seem like it sorted it, it's overkill. Difficult to do in the panic of a hypo, and different rules apply with hard, fast drops with lots of peak iob when way more than 10g is warranted, but it's often worthwhile taking a deep breath, and say, ok, I've had 10g, give it 10 minutes to get to work and see how it looks then. Rinse and repeat if not sorted. [/QUOTE]
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