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Anyone who has been around a type I diabetic knows how quickly the brains shuts down when glucose levels drop. It doesn’t even have to get that low before cognition takes a massive hit.


Exactly this. I'm a type 1 diabetic, and the explanation that this was happening due to "burning out all the glucose in my brain" is bogus. It's not how it works at all, and it's not even close to how it feels.




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