What can I drink

[barbie3]

Please can anybody suggest what I can drink. I have been having diet drinks but now read they are not recommended. I do have an occasional glass of white wine! Thank you

 

[SB2015]

As you are type 1 you can eat or drink what you like and just need to match the insulin to the carbs of what you choose. This assumes that you are on a basal/bolus regime and are counting carbs.

I find soft drinks difficult as many are high carb or otherwise full of sweeteners, which tend to have an impact on bodily functions for me so I prefer to avoid them. If I do have one I count the carbs and then match the quick acting insulin to go with it. It usually causes me to spike as I rarely have sufficient time for the pre bolus.

I happily drink wine and consider the first glass ‘free’ of any hassles. More than that I will have a snack (with reduced insulin) to avoid hypos.

 

[rebrascora]

Where did you read they are not recommended and not recommended for what?

Personally I like to keep my intake of diet drinks low because I don't believe artificial sweetener is good for us in any regular quantity.

As regards alternatives, tea, coffee, water (I like a slice of lemon or cucumber or apple in it for flavour and/or a sprig of mint or lemon balm just to give it a bit of interest. Usually, to reduce my consumption of diet drinks I mix them half and hald with water or often even less and just have an inch in the bottom of a glass and then top it up with water. This gives some flavour and sparkle and a bit of sweetness without consuming too much.

 

[Inka]

Please can anybody suggest what I can drink. I have been having diet drinks but now read they are not recommended. I do have an occasional glass of white wine! Thank you

Dry wine, both red and white, is fine. Spirits are fine too. You might like to make a long drink out of your wine, and a white wine spritzer is ideal for that. It’s just white wine and sparkling water, and is really refreshing in the Summer. Campari and soda is good too.

Some people find they need to have a small bolus for beer or cider because of the carbs in them, but I’d try it without first, especially if you’re only having a small amount.

Watch out for alcohol lowering your blood sugar. If I’m drinking away from a meal, I often have a few crisps to offset that. I also usually stick to a glass or two.

 

[Bloden]

Just to give a balanced set of answers, for me insulin and alcohol is a lethal combo - I found I was having hypo after hypo, even after just one glass of wine, and the next day more of the same. Not exactly relaxing! So I quit. Otherwise, I drink lots of coffee and plain old water. If I go to a pub (hardly ever), I’ll have a slimline tonic with ice and a slice just to look like a grown-up LOL.

We’re all different @barbie3. Hopefully, you can still have that occasional glass of white wine without any problems. 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Well I enjoy a slimline tonic too, obviously with ice and a slice. No way otherwise could I possibly enjoy drinking gin. I grew into tonic, from originally discovering gin & Schweppes bitter lemon when I was about 15, 7 years before diabetes appeared. By then I'd transferred my affection to tonic, so I then just swapped it from the normal sort to Slimline.

One New Year's Eve about 30+ years ago I did get well and truly nissed as a pewt. My husband was in hospital but I was instructed to carry on and go to friends' party, where we were staying the night anyway. At some point I had a logical thought that I really really ought to eat, and something stodgy to mop up at least some of the G&T that had miraculously somehow been in an automatically refilling glass all evening. I know I went into the dining room and then decided I needed the loo, so went but whilst doing the latter realised how very drunk I was, so decided I really need to go to bed, so drank some water from the bathroom sink cold tap and the only snag being I didn't know which of the 4 different choices was sposed to be mine tonight, without husband. However I knew it wasn't their bed so thought I'd lie on it, she'd be sure to find me obviously, so wake me up and conduct me to the right berth, which she did. It wasn't that long cos apparently she started asking if anyone had seen me recently and someone else reported me being in the dining room 'literally stuffing food in her mouth, not like her, I think she must be well hissed, but she then went out the hall door and upstairs I think' (that's where the bathroom was) - so mate whose house it was, then went on the search, found me as I planned and moved me to where she wanted me.

Next morning apart from gasping for a cup of tea asap - I was absolutely fine! Not even a hangover, though I did have 2 paracetamol with that first cuppa. Think husband was quite pleased to see me, the friends whose house it was - AND Wonderwoman turn up at visiting time that afternoon to wish him Happy New Year, too.

I don't recommend it. I was fortunate truly being amongst real friends.

 

[nonethewiser]

Please can anybody suggest what I can drink. I have been having diet drinks but now read they are not recommended. I do have an occasional glass of white wine! Thank you

Drink diet drinks fair bit, as ever you get scare stories on net & in papers but take no notice & enjoy.

 

[Thebearcametoo]

Flavoured sparkling water often doesn’t have sweetners. Brands like aqua libra anyway. Check labels on others.

 

[helli]

Where did you read they are not recommended and not recommended for what?

World Health Organisation (WHO) have recently advised against aspartame.
Not everyone agrees but certainly something to read up on to make your own decision if you drink diet drinks with aspartame every day.

 

[42istheanswer]

World Health Organisation (WHO) have recently advised against aspartame.
Not everyone agrees but certainly something to read up on to make your own decision if you drink diet drinks with aspartame every day.

All of them according to the article, with the exception being those already diagnosed with diabetes. I shall continue to avoid for the IBS impact anyway