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Old 07-10-2009, 08:02 AM
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I haven't followed up on it, but somewhere along the line I ran across the idea that problems could arise with glucose transport across the BBB. Those would be hard to spot since blood levels would appear normal.

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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
This is an important issue. There are articles coming out now,
regarding diabetics...who have attacks of low blood sugar because of their meds not meshing with their diet 100% of the time. This is common, for them.

Well, the new studies are also showing dementia risk goes way up after just "one" severe hypoglycemia attack! The recommendations now for them are to avoid all lows!

If you Google "dementia risk hypoglycemia" you'll see those papers.
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