Lager and bg

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Bob27

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• Apr 2, 2013

• #1

Newly diagnosed type 1 had a pub lunch over easter and 2 pints of lager bg through the roof 20.1 . Was it the lager or the meal, bg down to normal in the morning. Forgot meal was pie and chips.


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mo1905

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• Apr 2, 2013

• #2

More like the food than the lager ! Lager does have carbs but not as much as pie and chips ! Little treat won't hurt now and then ;-)


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Bob27

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• Apr 2, 2013

• #3

Thanks for that, learning all the time, glad to know there are friends out there to help.


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gemma486

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• Apr 2, 2013

• #4

It was prob the food from experience of looking after a diabetic who liked their Stella's they always had a hypo after alcohol


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SamJB

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• Apr 2, 2013

• #5

Bit of both. A pint of lager contains about 15g carbs and 10g raises your glucose levels by about 3 mmol/l. So 2 pints would raise your levels by about 9 mmol/l.

You can take insulin for lager up to a couple of pints. After that alcohol has a lowering affect and you don't want to mix the two.