Hypoglycemia happens when sugar hits your blood stream and your body overproduces insulin. I know from experience. A Mountain Dew with standard sugar makes my blood sugar great for 10 minutes. At 20 minutes, I'm a shaking mess from an insulin overshoot.
Saturday will mark 1 year on Atkins for me. I started at 219 lbs and 28.5% body fat. Today I'm at 178 lbs and 19.5% body fat. No episodes of hypoglycemia. Perfect blood sugar regulation when fasting per my last blood test. My dad was an insulin dependent diabetic. It killed him last December. I'm happy to stay on Atkins forever. I've been healthy as a horse when my colleagues were contracting colds and flu. My wife has been on it too. She's been similarly healthy all year with similar changes in body composition.
She went from 219 lbs to 178 too? Most impressive.