Ian DP
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Does anyone else find their blood sugar levels lower when drinking a pint or 1/2 pint of beer (bitter / ale or Guinness) with food?
I test my BS one hour after eating, and they are consistently around 1mmol/L lower than when I do not have a beer. 2 beers and I am a couple of mmol/L higher, glass or 2 or 3 or 4 of red wine makes very little difference.
Scandinavian LcHf diet says. "Beer: Liquid bread. Full of rapidly absorbed carbs".... I am not complaining, just wondering why.
Diagnosed T2 in sept 2013, BS levels 20+. BMI 22, age 58. Went on low carb diet. Requested a GAD test in November, came back very high 2,000+, doc says I will be T1 soon, but presently LADA, and managing to keep 99% of my BS readings one hour after meals under 7.8 without insulin or any medication through LCHF diet.
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I test my BS one hour after eating, and they are consistently around 1mmol/L lower than when I do not have a beer. 2 beers and I am a couple of mmol/L higher, glass or 2 or 3 or 4 of red wine makes very little difference.
Scandinavian LcHf diet says. "Beer: Liquid bread. Full of rapidly absorbed carbs".... I am not complaining, just wondering why.
Diagnosed T2 in sept 2013, BS levels 20+. BMI 22, age 58. Went on low carb diet. Requested a GAD test in November, came back very high 2,000+, doc says I will be T1 soon, but presently LADA, and managing to keep 99% of my BS readings one hour after meals under 7.8 without insulin or any medication through LCHF diet.
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