Hello,
almost one year ago I was diagnosed with Type 2.
I live in Greece and their BG measure is different, but I was admitted to hospital with a UK 36 BG, (the Greek is 650, just divide by 18).
I was discharged from hospital requiring a nightly insulin injection of 16 points and a 10mg statin tablet, a morning tablet of Januvia and a 40mg blood pressure tab, I had to take a 850mg tab of Metformin after each of my 2 daily main meals.
One year later I only need to take the 2 Metformin tablets and my BG is down to a good average of 6. I have lost 5 stone in weight, (and, for clarity, I need to lose another 5 stone), which obviously contributes. I feel that I am lucky, as the only thing that pushes my BG really high now is white bread, most other things I can cope with.
But... I have a big question. How great a part can alcohol play in the management of diabetes: good or bad? I ask this because if I go out and drink, say one bottle of wine over a night out with food, (I don't eat huge amounts and not many carbs on nights out), the next morning my fasting blood is good at 5. But if I have a night off the booze, I can go to bed with a BG of 6 and I wake up with a BG of almost 7!
In my terms this is a big overnight jump, and for the rest of the day I am playing catch-up to get the BG down to 5. Given that alcohol and unmanaged diabetes can b***er up kidneys and liver, it's odd that my intake of alcohol seems to be beneficial, in terms of BG, for my diabetes.
I would be interested to hear anybody else's experience of how to manage diabetes with alcohol. I stress I only drink wine, not beer or strong spirits. I expect strong views on this, but I am really interested. Even my pharmacist said that white spirits, in moderation, are good for BG. :?
Thank you in advance for your responses - cheers Ian
almost one year ago I was diagnosed with Type 2.
I live in Greece and their BG measure is different, but I was admitted to hospital with a UK 36 BG, (the Greek is 650, just divide by 18).
I was discharged from hospital requiring a nightly insulin injection of 16 points and a 10mg statin tablet, a morning tablet of Januvia and a 40mg blood pressure tab, I had to take a 850mg tab of Metformin after each of my 2 daily main meals.
One year later I only need to take the 2 Metformin tablets and my BG is down to a good average of 6. I have lost 5 stone in weight, (and, for clarity, I need to lose another 5 stone), which obviously contributes. I feel that I am lucky, as the only thing that pushes my BG really high now is white bread, most other things I can cope with.
But... I have a big question. How great a part can alcohol play in the management of diabetes: good or bad? I ask this because if I go out and drink, say one bottle of wine over a night out with food, (I don't eat huge amounts and not many carbs on nights out), the next morning my fasting blood is good at 5. But if I have a night off the booze, I can go to bed with a BG of 6 and I wake up with a BG of almost 7!
In my terms this is a big overnight jump, and for the rest of the day I am playing catch-up to get the BG down to 5. Given that alcohol and unmanaged diabetes can b***er up kidneys and liver, it's odd that my intake of alcohol seems to be beneficial, in terms of BG, for my diabetes.
I would be interested to hear anybody else's experience of how to manage diabetes with alcohol. I stress I only drink wine, not beer or strong spirits. I expect strong views on this, but I am really interested. Even my pharmacist said that white spirits, in moderation, are good for BG. :?
Thank you in advance for your responses - cheers Ian
