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Alcohol
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Leadinglights
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Occasionally, good choices are spirits with diet mixers, dry wines which are low in carbs. Liqueurs, beers and cider are higher carb.
harbottle
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Yes.
Gin and tonic
Scotch (neat)
Beer. (Tend to prefer proper German lager, like Helles or a good Pilsner.)
Tend to only have a couple of beers, though.
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DarkseidUK
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Yes, I have replaced lager with rum and soda. A little tip is if you want it to taste strong ask for the spirit to be added to the top of the mixer it fools the brain into thinking it's much stronger. However I did go down from drinking 5 days a week to one (I'm a publican and it's an occupational hazard) and now stick within government guidelines.
Lazydave
Active Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Have a look at Skinny products. They do a lager (3g carbs per bottle) and an IPA (2.7 I think). The IPA though is sex in a canoe so I avoid it. The lager can be found in the free from section of most Tesco. Marstons also do a beer called resolution, but you need to order it and I am never that organised. May get some in for xmas though....
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