NancyLebovitz comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atkins Redux - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 December 2013 05:48:15AM 0 points [-]

A common problem with diabetics is many of them eat unnecessarily large evening snacks out of fear of nocturnal hypoglycemia even if they take just the correct amount of insulin. This leads them to get hyperglycemia in the morning, which leads to upping the dose and the cycle continues.

From what I've read about diabetes, the need for insulin varies somewhat unpredictably. It's hard to be sure one has taken just the correct amount.

Comment author: hyporational 29 December 2013 06:06:00AM 1 point [-]

That's true especially in the beginning, but people become incredibly good at predicting how their needs vary through experience. Getting sick is an important exception, that's when things go wacky.

Do you think whether we use the word "just" or "roughly" was important to my main point?