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For overweight people with type 2 diabetes, eating fewer carbs and more protein for 6 weeks makes it more likely their blood sugar will dip low without them feeling it—82% had low readings compared to 70% on a normal diet—but no one passed out or had a medical emergency.
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The study looked at a low-carb, high-protein diet in diabetics and found it helped control blood sugar better, but it never checked or reported how often people’s blood sugar dropped too low — so we can’t say if the claim about hypoglycemia is true or false.
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