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Alcohol And Blood Sugar

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Barrowbakers

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A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much
 
Liver can't deal with sugars and alcohol simultaneously and alcohol is the priority but it will get round to the sugars once the alcohol is dealt with.
 
The booze just causes a delay, though moderate amounts can take the edge off a spike.
 
JohnEGreen said:
Liver can't deal with sugars and alcohol simultaneously and alcohol is the priority but it will get round to the sugars once the alcohol is dealt with.
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Thanks John! So I assume my blood sugar may well rise in middle of evening once alcohol has reduced. I’m not a regular drinker but occasionally, like after Sunday dinner like 3 glasses of wine
 
@Barrowbakers yes it is quite likely but can vary from person to person how long the effect will last, the only way to be certain is to test over a period of time and see how your BG changes.

Sorry I took so long to answer.:)
 
Barrowbakers said:
A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much
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I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.strudel.jpg
 
SaladDaze said:
I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.View attachment 28579
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Some experiment, be interested to read the results later.
Wishing you luck.
 
SaladDaze said:
I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.View attachment 28579
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That photo of the streudel is food porn at its glorious best.:facepalm:
 
Barrowbakers said:
A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much
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Hi
There some mixed scientific evidence on that matter.
For T1 - evening alcohol consumption can lead to morning hypoglycemia (see for example - "Day After the Night Before - Influence of evening alcohol on risk of hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes" - I can't post the link so copy and paste it to google).
I see you are T2 so you may be glad to know that there is some scientific evidence that this may be good for your glucose level (see - "Glycemic effects of moderate alcohol intake among patients with type 2 diabetes: A Multi-center, randomized clinical intervention trial" - I can't post the link so copy and paste it to google)
This is by far not a complete literature review and as I said - there is contradictory evidence. Probably has a lot of variance between different people as well. It is a good thing to check for yourself.
best,
J.
 
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