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Re: Coffee

I don't think it harms them much. It has caffeine in it which is a diuretic so if you pee a lot now you could pee even more. If that becomes a problem then you can get decaf.
 
Re: Coffee

djt55uk said:
Is coffee good for diabetics ?


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There are regular scientific papers about coffee being good/bad etc. I drink about 10 mugs of 'full fat' coffee a day and it doesn't seem to affect my bGs. I also sleep like a top. No 'scientist' will ever convince me I can't sleep after coffee.! :mrgreen:
 
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Pepsi Max said:
I hope there is no such finding that it is bad for Diabetics... One of my very few treats is a skinny Latte!!!!


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There's some blurb on this site about it ... http://www.diabetes.co.uk/food/coffee-and-diabetes.html

For the attention of our friends 'elsewhere' who are admitting defeat by copying my tips to control their diabetes ....

My food today was ...

Breakfast - Semi-Skimmed Milk, Banana, Oats
Lunch (sandwich) - Mayo, Ham, Cucumber Slices, Tomato, Wholemeal Bread
Dinner - Cauliflower, 2 sausages, Stilton, Butter, Fresh Milk Semi-Skimmed, Chips
Snacks - 2 apples, 6 Wholewheat Crackers, Brussels Pate
10 mugs fresh brewed coffee

Total carbs 245g, daily bG 6.0 ... perfect. Now for some dark chocolate.
 
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The milk in the latte is bad bad bad

I used to be in denial having three buckets of Starbucks latte a day and avoiding testing my BS but I could feel the tingling in my cheeks that told me they were too high


Diagnosed Type II 1998 1 x 80 mg Gliclazide, 4 x 500mg Metformin and 1 x 100mg Sitagliptin - HbA1c - 48 mmol/mol
 
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Pepsi Max said:
I think 1 latte a week is fine! I bolus for the milk too...BS are always in target after.


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Milk sends my levels all over but mostly in an upwards direction!


Diagnosed Type II 1998 1 x 80 mg Gliclazide, 4 x 500mg Metformin and 1 x 100mg Sitagliptin - HbA1c - 48 mmol/mol
 
Re: Coffee

hi

I used to think that coffee was fine. And I wanted to think that coffee was fine. But unfortunately, I think it is said to interfere with Blood Sugars ( raising ).

I suppose it is something you could test, just entirely on its own, to see what the result is.

in the excellent book Think Like A Pancreas, coffee is mentioned as a raiser of blood sugar.

Of course, it depends on quantities and individuals.

I was a committed coffee drinker. I am now on de caff mainly and an occasional treat of rocket fuel.

:(
 
Re: Coffee

I have a cup of hot semi-skimmed milk every evening before bed.
Only tested a couple of times and it didn't seem to affect me much.
Maybe I'm just lucky but I'll test again.
 
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Well eggs send my BS to the moon so maybe we all have a food that effects us that way!!! Like having diabetes isn't hard enough!!


Diabetic warrior since 2005!
 
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I can't believe how much my caffeine habit has come down since my diagnosis. I used to like my coffee, but pre-diagnosis it had just gone crazy.

I was drinking a large caffetiere at breakfast, another mid-morning, lunchtime pot of espresso, afternoon cafetiere and more espresso in the evening. I was feeling wired all the time from the high BG I think, but knackered as well and the coffee was just not touching it.

Back to a much healthier morning caffetiere and lunchtime espresso now, and no obvious effect on BG, my mid-morning levels don't seem to be suffering from it.
 
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