I had an unexpected experience with drinking beer with dinner. I haven’t had any beer or wine since I started testing my blood sugar. This weekend I had a lager beer with dinner. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. (Dinner was grilled fish, hummus, veggies and a salad).
My blood sugar dropped after dinner (usually it rises a bit) but then my next morning fasting blood sugar was higher than typical.
Pre-dinner 103 (5.7)
2-hour post dinner 92 (5.1)
Morning fasting 104 (5.8)
Morning fasting has been running 88 (4.9) to 95 (5.3) recently. Morning fasting is almost always lower than pre-dinner normally- unless I exercise right before dinner which usually drops my blood sugar.
I had understood that alcohol would likely make blood sugar rise some then drop, but the effect seemed to be the opposite. (Type 1 diabetics seem to have issues with hypos during the night).
My blood sugar dropped after dinner (usually it rises a bit) but then my next morning fasting blood sugar was higher than typical.
Pre-dinner 103 (5.7)
2-hour post dinner 92 (5.1)
Morning fasting 104 (5.8)
Morning fasting has been running 88 (4.9) to 95 (5.3) recently. Morning fasting is almost always lower than pre-dinner normally- unless I exercise right before dinner which usually drops my blood sugar.
I had understood that alcohol would likely make blood sugar rise some then drop, but the effect seemed to be the opposite. (Type 1 diabetics seem to have issues with hypos during the night).