Can
people with diabetic drink wine?
Drinking alcohol especially wine every few
days may help to protect against type 2 diabetes, people in the study who drank
three to four days a week were about 30% less likely to develop diabetes than
those who drank less than once a week but some studies says that a glass of red
wine a day can improve cardiac health and help manage cholesterol for patients
with type 2 diabetes. One drink per day for women; 2 for men. But you need to
know how alcohol affects your blood sugar. A sugary drink might spike your
blood sugar. But if you drink on an empty stomach or take certain meds, your
levels could swing too low.
Some research says wine may
help your body use insulin better and may even make you less likely to get type
2 diabetes in the first place. It may also have heart benefits, to boot!
Moderation is the key as too much alcohol can cause hypoglycemia. A standard 5
ounce serving has about 120 calories, nearly all of which come from alcohol,
not carbs.
Don’t drink on an empty stomach:
Not only will the
alcohol inebriate you faster, after an initial spike, it will drag your BGLs
down scary fast. If you have some carbohydrates in your stomach then it will
prevent the kind of nosedive.
Hydrate:
This is important for everyone,
not just T1Ds. One should consume 8 ounce water daily will dilute the alcohol
in your blood stream. If you are drinking something sugary, like cheap white
wine, the water will also help you from going too high.
Don’t overdo it:
Alcohol is a neurotoxin,
so handle it the way you’d handle a poisonous snake, or not at all. Any kind of
immoderation with alcohol is silly and its thrice as bad for diabetics, who
will have to deal with unpredictable BGLs while inebriated.
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