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<blockquote data-quote="shelley262" data-source="post: 2468032" data-attributes="member: 455169"><p>I drink gin on a weekly basis tends to be a Saturday evening treat for me. Key is to stick to straight gin and avoid the flavoured ones and you also need to be very very careful with the slimline tonic - the most expensive ones are the worst with claims like only natural sugars you need to go for the completely sugar free cheaper ones. I find though that soda water is the most reliable especially if you are out and you can’t guarantee a sugar free tonic. I’ve bought completely sugar free bitter lemon or lemonade and added a dash to my dry gin and soda water to give it a bit of flavour when fancy a flavour. Soda water does grow on you though and brings out flavour of gin and slices of lemon and lime are essential. Hope this helps I’ve been keto and managed to keep my sugar levels in normal range for more than four years now but managed to drink small amounts on a regular basis. I also drink dry white but make it go further as a longer drink by adding a dash of wine to soda water to produce a spritzer. Hope you manage to find a way of drinking the occasional gin without raising your bgs. Avoid those posh tonics like feverfew with a barge pole they really do impact your bgs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shelley262, post: 2468032, member: 455169"] I drink gin on a weekly basis tends to be a Saturday evening treat for me. Key is to stick to straight gin and avoid the flavoured ones and you also need to be very very careful with the slimline tonic - the most expensive ones are the worst with claims like only natural sugars you need to go for the completely sugar free cheaper ones. I find though that soda water is the most reliable especially if you are out and you can’t guarantee a sugar free tonic. I’ve bought completely sugar free bitter lemon or lemonade and added a dash to my dry gin and soda water to give it a bit of flavour when fancy a flavour. Soda water does grow on you though and brings out flavour of gin and slices of lemon and lime are essential. Hope this helps I’ve been keto and managed to keep my sugar levels in normal range for more than four years now but managed to drink small amounts on a regular basis. I also drink dry white but make it go further as a longer drink by adding a dash of wine to soda water to produce a spritzer. Hope you manage to find a way of drinking the occasional gin without raising your bgs. Avoid those posh tonics like feverfew with a barge pole they really do impact your bgs. [/QUOTE]
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