Newbie diabetic

[rolypoly58]

Ordered my meter should arrive in the next few days. This seems quite trivial but can I still drink and what. Cutting down food would like a drink just to stay normal if that makes sense..

 

[carol43]

Apparently a glass of red wine is good or gin & tonic but no beer.

 

[dancer]

Apparently a glass of red wine is good or gin & tonic but no beer.

That'll be a gin and slim!

 

[dawnmc]

Flavoured vodka and soda is my choice.

 

[rolypoly58]

What flavoured Vodka do you like ive got a bottle of pineapple Vodka unopened as yet. Bought from a local food fair.

 

[tow]

Everyone is different. Beer is called 'liquid bread' but I just went out and had 2 pints and barely a blip on my BG level. Others cant even look at a beer. Like everything the only way to know is have a couple and test after an hour and two hours

But I have massively reduced alcohol intake as part of general drive to better health and I feel brilliant for it

 

[DeejayR]

ive got a bottle of pineapple Vodka

I don't drink alcohol at all so forgive my ignorance but I googled this
"Think of the process of making flavored vodkas as similar to the distillation of dry gin, a zero-carb spirit. During one of the distillation cycles, flavoring agents such as fruit oils or even botanicals are added to the vodka. As the mixture is heated, ethyl alcohol rises as a gaseous vapor through a still with the essence of the flavor attached to the alcohol molecules. When cooled and condensed, the vodka retains some of the induced flavoring — but without carbs.
As a general rule of thumb, flavored vodkas with a proof of 70 or above are carb free. Stick with brands such as Stoli, Smirnoff, Gorden's or Absolut, and you should be OK."
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/5429/carb-counts-of-flavored-rums-vodkas