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Wine that doesn't affect BG reading (for me anyway..)

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anybody come across Banrock Light White Wine 5% abv...its rated as dry . Tastes more like medium dry to me and doesn't affect my BG's AND the great thing is half a bottle is only 2 units so I don't feel like i'm missing out and the Quacks happy too!! Woo Hooo :D Hasn't affected my BP either !
 
I'm not a lover of white wine but do indulge in a bottle of red on a weekend, like you it doesn't seem to make any difference to my bg so that has to get the thumps-up :thumbup:
 
We've discovered that red wine actually lowers MH's BG levels. The better the vintage the lower it goes.....sadly, we can't afford for him to be drinking Petrus! :wink:

He has less than 4floz when he has a drink and it's usually something from Aldi or Lidl, but one night he opened a really good Chateau Neuf du Papes and dropped a few more mmol's than usual.

Julia
 
In general I find that all wine reduces my levels though there are less carbs in red than white - I don't like sweet wine anyway so the white is always dry.
 
In general terms, it doesn't matter if it's red or white, vintage or cxxp, the stronger the alcohol the less carbs as more sugar has been converted to alcohol. Better red wines are often stronger hence work better. This is why whisky, vodka etc has zero carbs - all the sugar has been converted to alcohol. The carbs don't matter that much anyway as the liver can't convert them to blood glucose while it's dealing with alcohol. That's why you get lower BGs after alcohol, and why those using insulin have to be wary of hypos.
 
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