Does coffee affect blood sugars?

[rosieposie6661]

im talking about for the typical person, my blood sugars run high so I wouldn't know the difference unless I stopped drinking coffee altogether (with sweetener and sugar free creamer) and I don't want to do that unless I know it will lower them

 

[noblehead]

Why don't you change to decaff and see if it makes a difference, but if your bg is running really high you need to look at your insulin doses and make some adjustments.

btw, the creamers often have glucose in the ingredients so do check.

 

[Gary61]

I've always found that coffee raises my sugars when I have 2 or 3 in the morning. I think it's a combination of the milk carb value plus the caffeine stimulating my liver to release some sugar. Anyway the long and short of it is that I have to use insulin which is a price worth paying in my book

 

[Daibell]

Hi. I don't believe coffee itself has much effect on blood sugar.

 

[catherinecherub]

Caffeine affects people differently.
This article explains about caffeine.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/285194.
Contents of this article:

1. What is caffeine?
2. Where is caffeine found?
3. What is caffeine used for?
4. Caffeine content
5. How does caffeine affect the body?
6. How does caffeine work?
7. Caffeine side effects
8. Children and adolescents
9. Caffeine tolerance
10. What is caffeine dependence and withdrawal?
11. Does caffeine have any health benefits?
12. What are the risks of consuming caffeine?
13. Caffeine sensitivity
14. Caffeine overdose

 

[rosieposie6661]

Why don't you change to decaff and see if it makes a difference, but if your bg is running really high you need to look at your insulin doses and make some adjustments.

btw, the creamers often have glucose in the ingredients so do check.

I use powdered non dairy creamer, which I believe has 5 g and I use two servings. I like light coffee

 

[Engineer88]

Yes caffeine sends me soaring