Champagne, red wine, alcohol

[trophywench]

Bit expensive to quaff generally though !

 

[HenryBennett]

Matching food and wine is great fun and more complicated than living with diabetes. I’m grateful to have recently discovered that it’s not an exclusion zone for us.

 

[Bloden]

Sorry, folks. I'm a boring non-drinker. I only ever had the occasional bottle of beer anyway (Budweiser or...er...would you believe, Corona?), and gave even that up a while before my diabetes diagnosis. I never really took to wine and hadn't touched spirits in decades.

Martin

There’s nothing boring about not drinking! I quit cos it was causing hypos, while I was drinking and the following day. As my neighbour in Spain said to me out of the blue, “insulin and alcohol is a dangerous cocktail”. I don’t know where he got his info from - he was a fruit machine salesman - but in my case, he was right.

 

[trophywench]

Drunks he'd seen in tavernas that were actually hypos?

 

[HenryBennett]

he was a fruit machine salesman

Explains everything

 

[Toucan]

I enjoy an occasional gin with a slice of lemon ice and water, and love a glass of wine with a meal.
Neither of these have any significant effect on my blood glucose reading.
However they do have a couple of other undesirable effects.

As I don't drink very often and it is usually on the occasion of a special/social meal, it generally has the effect of over -relaxation and a 'what the heck' attitude, and when the puddings and cheese and biscuits appear there is a greater tendency to eat things I wouldn't normally go near - And that certainly does effect my BS reading!

The second reason is that it contributes to weight increase, and my continuing battle to get rid of a few more lbs.

 

[HenryBennett]

I enjoy an occasional gin with a slice of lemon ice and water, and love a glass of wine with a meal.
Neither of these have any significant effect on my blood glucose reading.
However they do have a couple of other undesirable effects.

As I don't drink very often and it is usually on the occasion of a special/social meal, it generally has the effect of over -relaxation and a 'what the heck' attitude, and when the puddings and cheese and biscuits appear there is a greater tendency to eat things I wouldn't normally go near - And that certainly does effect my BS reading!

The second reason is that it contributes to weight increase, and my continuing battle to get rid of a few more lbs.

Good points.

 

[SB2015]

I tend to stick to G&T with slimline tonic, and white wine and at weekends only. However over lockdown we have not been so good and ‘the clothes have shrunk a bit’ with the extra calories.

Like @Robin I find I tend to need to reduce my basal for a while to counteract the liver’s occupation with sorting out the alcohol.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Red wine and scotch are BG friendly for me (as long as I don’t have more than a glass or two!)

I will drink beer and lager still occasionally, but that is always much higher risk. I usually bolus a fraction of the carbs in it to offset the initial spike, but have to watch in case BG dips later. Which is a bit of a moveable feast!