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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 2043620" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, Sue, yep, I'd bolus for cider: Carbs & Cals puts dry at 15g per pint, sweet at 24g.</p><p></p><p>But....</p><p></p><p>Remember that while your liver normally seeps some glucose out to fuel bodily processes and your basal takes care of that, when you introduce alcohol, the liver prioritises metabolising the alcohol and stops releasing glucose.</p><p></p><p>But the basal is still there in the background lowering bg. In the absence of that slow glucose release from the liver, that can lead to pretty savage night drops.</p><p></p><p>I'll tend to bolus for the first few pints to pin a major spike, but then tail it off to an occasional 1 or 2u as the night goes on, with the aim of making sure I've no iob by bedtime, and as the alcohol will still have that inhibiting effect on the liver, I'll rake back basal by a few units and have some cheese on toast or oatcakes or biscuits before bed so there's some glucose coming in to replace the missing liver glucose.</p><p></p><p>As it's your first foray into cider since dx, I'd be cautious with it - maybe bolus a bit just to tame the spike but don't bolus at yr usual carb ratio, lower, and maybe fit in a packet of crisps mid-evening, and definitely some food before bed.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 2043620, member: 374531"] Hi, Sue, yep, I'd bolus for cider: Carbs & Cals puts dry at 15g per pint, sweet at 24g. But.... Remember that while your liver normally seeps some glucose out to fuel bodily processes and your basal takes care of that, when you introduce alcohol, the liver prioritises metabolising the alcohol and stops releasing glucose. But the basal is still there in the background lowering bg. In the absence of that slow glucose release from the liver, that can lead to pretty savage night drops. I'll tend to bolus for the first few pints to pin a major spike, but then tail it off to an occasional 1 or 2u as the night goes on, with the aim of making sure I've no iob by bedtime, and as the alcohol will still have that inhibiting effect on the liver, I'll rake back basal by a few units and have some cheese on toast or oatcakes or biscuits before bed so there's some glucose coming in to replace the missing liver glucose. As it's your first foray into cider since dx, I'd be cautious with it - maybe bolus a bit just to tame the spike but don't bolus at yr usual carb ratio, lower, and maybe fit in a packet of crisps mid-evening, and definitely some food before bed. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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