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Alcohol

I should think so if just a glass or 2. Wouldnt think getting drunk would be doing you any fvours though.WWould also probably be worth drinking with low carb low sugar food I think ?
 
Everything in moderation. I sometimes find alcohol actually helps lower my levels.


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Use your monitor if you have one....

I was under the impression I would have to give up my favourite Rose wine but I was astounded when I drunk half a bottle last week and my BG rose from 6.2 to 6.4.

Everyone is different. Every diabetic is different and food and drinks which make you spike might not make another diabetic spike.

I repeat... Use your monitor.
 

Quick question off topic. Are you shoe less zola budd? As I beleive she is also diabetic
 
Yep, your monitor is your best friend as always. I find red wine lowers my BS. Voddy doesn't have much effect if I use a sugar free mixer. Lager puts it up more than I'd like and my favourite, cider, is off limits cos it spikes me high enough to reach orbit. ******.


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I'm typing this whilst drinking my second glass of white wine. I'm on Metformin and have been drinking in moderation fine
 

Zola now wears footwear when running. :wink: I don't think she's diabetic, but did have problems with low blood sugars during a race or training a while back.
 
Dry white wines, dry red wines, spirits are pretty low carb according to my two carb counter books. Lager is reasonably low, beer not so much.

But then the alcohol suppresses glucose release from the liver, hence the advice not to drink on an empty stomach to avoid later hypos
 

Yes I am shoeless Whompa. I always have hated wearing shoes and if I had my way I would never wear them. That's why my nickname has been Zola for more years than I care to remember.
 
Well, I've just had a few pints of relatively strong real ale and no adverse effects to speak of, may depend on what type of metformin you are on (I'm on slow release), and it's probably best to not to overdo it with the the net carb/calorie counts- I alwaysnassume about 180 cals a pint for alehigher for lagers etc, but never had a problem so far, I just tend to make sure that I don't go over 1500 net cals a day, and stay away from ciders which are usually over 220 cals per pint.
 
Meant to say that ale is around 14g carbs per pint, cider considerably higher
 
Considering the high sugar content of cider, and how high my BG must have been shortly after drinking it, and my GP is convinced I am not diabetic, I fail to understand how my BG drops to 'Lo' then into the teens the morning after drinking.


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I just went yesterday and the GP thinks my readings are 'interesting'. Going for an OGTT and if the 2 hour reading is under 11 he will stop seeing me, whether or not the 1 hour reading is pushing 20. Again.

But also some of the diagnosed diabetics here report not much of a difference when drinking. Then again some others have reported the 'Low then Rebound High' pattern. This blood sugar thing is driving me crazy and I'm starting to doubt my own judgement now.


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Littlewolf, you probably are going low, then high because your liver will not release glucose into your bloodstream until it has dealt with the alcohol which it treats as a higher priority, so you go low, then once it has dealt with the alcohol it will start processing the carb/sugar content which is what causes the latter bounce to high
 
I may well be wrong but I didn't think that there was any bad reaction between Metformin and alchohol.

I recall some warnings in the packet which I pored over when I first started taking Metformin but I think the general risks are much the same as for non-diabetics apart from the late spike Thommotherbear mentioned.

Cheers

LGC
 
That makes sense - I was given very strict warnings about acidosis, not related to alcohol but the high levels of exercise I do which supposedly puts me at risk of both acidosis and hypos which are rare with metformin only, but can happen.
 
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