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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1025332">Does this statement that "the average diabetic needs 2 -3 times more" refer to type 1, type 2, gestational, ... or all types of diabetes. I ask because I have type 1 diabetes, because I am pretty active, I do not restrict my carb intake and I inject the same amount of insulin as the average non-diabetic produces. All I have read about type 1 explains storage of glucose into giucagon in the liver as you describe. I have good BG control and have no need to snack 2 hours after meals to avoid hypos.I appreciate everyone is different but I suspect your research is related to type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, as lnour (who posed the initial question) is 14, she is more likely to have type 1 diabetes. Therefore, in my experience, your statement does not apply.</blockquote>

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