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.
@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.
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.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
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
That photo of the streudel is food porn at its glorious best.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
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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