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<blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2468541" data-attributes="member: 517579"><p>This is what happens to me when I drink beer. The alcohol depresses my blood glucose levels (it's a well-known effect of alcohol) because the liver switches to processing the alcohol rather than maintaining my BG. Readings look great! However, I've still taken in the carbs and I will find myself out of ketosis pretty quickly - one pint or so of beer is the equivalent of my normal 20g daily carb intake. My readings in the days following will usually be substantially higher than usual. Fasting the following day (I usually don't eat before the afternoon anyway) does little to affect that - I expect my BGs to rise and stay higher. </p><p></p><p>I don't drink beer much these days for just that reason. I missed it a lot to begin with but that's passed. There is a low-carb beer which is acceptable - Marston's Resolution, which has about 4g carbs/bottle. There are others which I tried but won't touch because they taste awful. Instead I'll sometimes have a red wine (fewer carbs) but usually if i want a drink it'll be whisky, grappa, or rum etc - zero carbs.</p><p></p><p>That's what happens for me - they only way you can find out what happens for you is to test and find out. If you can handle it, fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyA, post: 2468541, member: 517579"] This is what happens to me when I drink beer. The alcohol depresses my blood glucose levels (it's a well-known effect of alcohol) because the liver switches to processing the alcohol rather than maintaining my BG. Readings look great! However, I've still taken in the carbs and I will find myself out of ketosis pretty quickly - one pint or so of beer is the equivalent of my normal 20g daily carb intake. My readings in the days following will usually be substantially higher than usual. Fasting the following day (I usually don't eat before the afternoon anyway) does little to affect that - I expect my BGs to rise and stay higher. I don't drink beer much these days for just that reason. I missed it a lot to begin with but that's passed. There is a low-carb beer which is acceptable - Marston's Resolution, which has about 4g carbs/bottle. There are others which I tried but won't touch because they taste awful. Instead I'll sometimes have a red wine (fewer carbs) but usually if i want a drink it'll be whisky, grappa, or rum etc - zero carbs. That's what happens for me - they only way you can find out what happens for you is to test and find out. If you can handle it, fine. [/QUOTE]
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