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Beer and wine?

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MikeTurin

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I'll repost here - to make more visible the question.

After reading this https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...y-blocking-intestinal-enzymes-activity.63073/

I started thinking about stopping taking fizzy drinks and instead take wine or beer at the pub or after a meal at home, and stick to water and coffee at work, ditching the fizzy drinks.

I think there are no problem with coffee, tea and of course carbonated water for a T2 diabetic.

On the other hand I'm not so sure about beer or wine.
It has to be considered that pint of Bernard or Bohemia Regent are way more satisfactory to drink than a coke, so I'm sure that I'll go to drink less

Anyway any suggestion abou what kind of beer is better from a diabetic standpoint?
Brown Ale, Mild ale, Pale Ale, Porter, Weissbier, Pilsener, Lager, Unfiltered, Bock,...
 
I have found that, certainly with beer, it can be down to a personal tolerance. I always found that 'real ale' would raise my levels more, and more quickly, than a strong lager, like Stella. Even strong cider seemed to have little impact on me, but it can vary from person to person, so some experimentation and blood testing is probably called for 😉
 
MikeTurin said:
On the other hand I'm not so sure about beer or wine....
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I'm not that keen on beer, but a nice bottle or three of red goes down nicely 😉 ...and I have to say that I am partial to a drop of Malmsey (Madeira), but feared having too much and raising my BG when I stayed with a friend over the weekend. However, we drank nearly a whole bottle after dinner on my last night, and I went to bed on 6.2, which I thought was very reasonable! So my Christmas Malmsey sitting in the cupboard will deffo be opened :D
 
The carbs and Cals book or app has a good section on alchohol, not that I've studied it much, you understand... It says that a pint of ale is 17g of carbs, whereas a pint of lager is 8g. Stout is 9g, dry cider 15g, sweet cider 24g and vintage cider (whatever that is) a massive 41g. The only wine listed, so therefore the only wine with any amount of carbs to speak of is sweet white where 125 ml is 7 g.

Cheers 🙂:D
 
I was told to stay away from all beers and lagers by my diabetic nurse but dry white or red wine is fine.
 
I'm rather partial to Red Wine..... If I'm out with the boys & have a beer or two I will notice it in my FBG the next day.
 
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