| This is one of the main reasons I don't do the "low carb" thing...meaning close to no carbs as some books recommend. If your liver is always struggling to provide glucose to your body then it is running on thin ice when these critical lows hit.
I've not heard of this "dead in bed" syndrome from a doctor, but only on these forums. When I asked an endo years ago about my concern of hitting a 32...he said that my liver would have kicked in to provide the necessary emergency glucose and that I should not reduce carbs for that reason.
Please don't start one of those Bernstein debates...I just think this is the main reason I don't run things on an empty tank...so to speak. And in 43 years, I have always been able to treat severe lows. I'm no fool...that could change any day...but my "carb padding" sure has come to the rescue many days. | 
