cugila said:
Short answers.....Drink Yes...in moderation. A glass or two of wine, maybe a couple of beers ?
This is a conversation that I had with my DN at our first encounter. Her opening shot was to tell me that I need to restrict my alcohol consumption to 21 units per week.
"Hang on!", I said, "that's the amount you tell everyone that they should consume. So there is no real restriction because of the diabetes then".
"Er, no. Not really", was the reluctant reply.
I did cut down my alcohol consumption but it was at silly levels. Now I generally stick to either Bacardi and Coke zero (not a carb in sight) red or dry white wine (white contains a small amount). If I want to have a beer or three, then I offset it against potatoes.
The one thing I do do, and the DN completely agreed, is to have 2 alcohol free days (apparently you can sneak the total consumption up a unit or two if you do this).
The alcohol free days will be temporarily suspended for the Christmas period :twisted: . I also believe that there is little harm in indulging oneself on an occasional basis (say once a month).
IanS.