Diabetes and Beer: How It Affects Your Blood Sugar Level
Having diabetes can present many different challenges including what to do about drinking alcohol. If you are a diabetic who takes medication to lower blood sugar levels, you need to be especially vigilant about drinking alcohol. The interaction between insulin and certain diabetes medications can mean that you should avoid alcohol when your blood sugar is low or you have an empty stomach.
-
Sell Your Test Strips for Cash
Sell Your Test Strips With Confidence. We Offer Top Prices, Free Shipping, Fast Payments.
www.assistdiabetics.com
See It Now -
We Buy Your Unused Test Strips
Do You Have Unused Diabetes Test Strips? Get Cash Fast For Your Test Strips. Earn Money Today.
www.assistdiabetics.com/sell/test/strips
See It Now
Short-Term Glycemic Effect
Drinking alcohol can actually cause hypoglycemia shortly after drinking it and for up to 8 to 12 hours afterward. If you plan on drinking alcohol, you should check your blood sugar levels before you drink and throughout the time that you are drinking. You should also make sure to check your blood sugar level before you go to bed just to make sure that you are in the safe zone. That means that your blood sugar levels should be between 100 and 140 mg/dL. If your sugar level happens to below, you need to eat something before you go to bed in order to raise it up.
Remember that the symptoms of having too much alcohol can mimic that of hypoglycemia. You can feel disoriented, sleepy and dizzy. Let those people around you know that you have diabetes so that they don't confuse a hypoglycemia problem with being a little bit too tipsy. You will need people around you and give you the proper help and treatment. Always wear your ID bracelet that tells people you have diabetes.
Don't Let Your Diet Suffer
Something else to keep in mind is that alcohol may get you off track from eating healthily. Let's face it; you probably aren't going to eat a healthy salad and drink a beer. Drinking alcohol allows you to let down your guard and can cause you to make some not so healthy decisions.
If you do choose to drink alcohol, make sure that you always have it with food. Women should drink one or fewer alcoholic beverages per day. Men can drink up to two. As always, speak to your healthcare provider to make sure that they understand your plans and can give you proper direction on how to keep yourself safe.
Photo: Pexels
Get a Free Diabetes Meal Plan
Get a free 7-Day Diabetes Meal Plan from Constance Brown-Riggs who is a Registered Dietitian-Certified Diabetes Educator and who is also a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.
Just enter in your email below to download your free Diabetes Meal Plan.
More Articles
More Articles
For decades people with type-1 and advanced type-2 diabetes relied on painful and often flawed insulin injections to regulate blood sugar...
Scientists have discovered that a single gene forms a common link between type 2 diabetes and...
Natural supplements like cinnamon extract and apple cider vinegar could hold the key to lowering blood sugar levels, according to a recent...
Natural supplements like cinnamon extract and apple cider vinegar could hold the key to lowering blood sugar levels, according to a recent...
Could a person's risk for type 2 diabetes be written in their genes?
According to a study recently published in ...
Women who frequently shift around their sleeping hours could have worse metabolic health outcomes than their peers who stick with a...
The presence of the hormone leptin may hinder prenatal development, which could explain the origin of type 2 diabetes, according to...
An analysis of fossilized Native American feces shows that our ancestors ate up to sixteen times the fiber that we do today, but our...
Managing diabetes is hugely challenging for people of any age, but a new study suggests that young people may suffer all the more....
Disruptions to the gut’s ecosystem could be a future symptom facing young children who take antibiotics, which makes them more susceptible...
Breastfeeding a newborn holds many benefits for mommy and baby; it reduces the baby's risk for colds and viruses, it helps his bones (and yours)...
Fans of the Dexcom G5 Mobile have something to smile about.
At yesterday's hearing with the U.S. Food and Drug...
If you start your day with a cup of tea and end it with a glass of red wine, your blood sugar may thank you.
At least that...
As medical experts continue to debate whether or not "healthy obesity" can even exist, one new study suggests that risk for heart disease...
For years, type 1 diabetics have been anxiously waiting for that medical marvel that can stop the constant injections: the artificial...