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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 1588281" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>[USER=49969]@tom58[/USER], to answer your question shortly then the answer is unfortunately 'YES'. We can as diabetics compared to 'normal' people manipulate our bg to be lower than what a full functioning body would regulate it to. When on intensive therapy (which I think these days majority of type ones are) then we can in our dedication to drive the HbA1c as low as possible also in the process make our body more used to low bg levels. As we as active diabetics cannot avoid the hypos from time to time. When doing so consistently for longer periods of times, the body system will then adapt and take that as 'the new norm'. Your counter reaction will then not start until a much lower bg level. You may then even at times be advised to raise your bg levels slightly by your endo, as your risks by lows are indeed greater than when going above the max advisable bg level for short periods of times. Been there myself, when I previously thought that the holy grail of T1 control was to get your HbA1c value below 6.5. ;o)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 1588281, member: 185674"] [USER=49969]@tom58[/USER], to answer your question shortly then the answer is unfortunately 'YES'. We can as diabetics compared to 'normal' people manipulate our bg to be lower than what a full functioning body would regulate it to. When on intensive therapy (which I think these days majority of type ones are) then we can in our dedication to drive the HbA1c as low as possible also in the process make our body more used to low bg levels. As we as active diabetics cannot avoid the hypos from time to time. When doing so consistently for longer periods of times, the body system will then adapt and take that as 'the new norm'. Your counter reaction will then not start until a much lower bg level. You may then even at times be advised to raise your bg levels slightly by your endo, as your risks by lows are indeed greater than when going above the max advisable bg level for short periods of times. Been there myself, when I previously thought that the holy grail of T1 control was to get your HbA1c value below 6.5. ;o) [/QUOTE]
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