Totto
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There are a few decent low carb beers though, like Marston's resolution for example.
Carbs in a Pint?
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I find that if I know how many beers I am going to drink, I bolus for them all at the same time and this works perfect for my levels. Alcohols dangerous to any type1 especially as u normally go to sleep soon after it but I am lucky enough to be on a pump and set a 2 hour temp basal to combat lows during sleep or eating a carb snack with no bolus on pump
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Speaking as a Type 2 who is immoderately fond of beer (and whose immoderateness may have contributed in part to developing T2 in the first place).
My attitude is a bit like it was when (two decades ago now) I was a cigarette smoker. I never switched to "lite" cigarettes because I knew cigarettes were poison in pretty much whatever guise. (Eighteen years ago I gave up, "cold turkey").
Now, I do not consider carbs to be "poison" but I do know that extreme moderation in carbs has "reversed" my T2D. So I gave up beer completely for a while after diagnosis -- and even wine, but I resumed that fairly soon since the carb load of vino is negligible.
So now, I have a "carb budget" and it is very low -- 30g per day. Some days I allow it to be higher, perhaps 50g, and those are the few days when I have a pint of good beer (often at least 20g of carbs). When that happens I drink the best-quality beer possible, and f*** the carbs. "Lite" beer is h****p***, at least here in America. As long as the overall carb "budget" over a few days is reasonable, I don't care.
Admittedly, if you are on a very low carb lifestyle as I am, adding the beer means fairly extreme food restrictions. I'm happy with that. If I could get back to drinking, say, an average of one pint of beer a day while still keeping stringent control over the (overall) carb intake I would be very happy. I'm already pretty happy, but that would be the (forbidden) icing on the (forbidden) cake!
This is not something I would have done in the few months after diagnosis. I was too scared!
My attitude is a bit like it was when (two decades ago now) I was a cigarette smoker. I never switched to "lite" cigarettes because I knew cigarettes were poison in pretty much whatever guise. (Eighteen years ago I gave up, "cold turkey").
Now, I do not consider carbs to be "poison" but I do know that extreme moderation in carbs has "reversed" my T2D. So I gave up beer completely for a while after diagnosis -- and even wine, but I resumed that fairly soon since the carb load of vino is negligible.
So now, I have a "carb budget" and it is very low -- 30g per day. Some days I allow it to be higher, perhaps 50g, and those are the few days when I have a pint of good beer (often at least 20g of carbs). When that happens I drink the best-quality beer possible, and f*** the carbs. "Lite" beer is h****p***, at least here in America. As long as the overall carb "budget" over a few days is reasonable, I don't care.
Admittedly, if you are on a very low carb lifestyle as I am, adding the beer means fairly extreme food restrictions. I'm happy with that. If I could get back to drinking, say, an average of one pint of beer a day while still keeping stringent control over the (overall) carb intake I would be very happy. I'm already pretty happy, but that would be the (forbidden) icing on the (forbidden) cake!
This is not something I would have done in the few months after diagnosis. I was too scared!
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I'm 33 years type 1. On Friday after work I like 2 pints of real ale. Always have some crisps and inject 1.5 units of insulin per pint.
