Lite Beer
I love a cold beer now and then. I never see any comments about beer and carbs. Bud Lite and Coors LIte each have five carbs. These are about as low as it gets.
Anything less and it tastes like water. I have tried to justify a beer or two. Tell me your thoughts.
Anything less and it tastes like water. I have tried to justify a beer or two. Tell me your thoughts.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Funk on -
They were my first beers in bout 7 years, maybe that had a little something to do with it? I guess I won't be missing anything, but it sure did go down well!!!
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Permalink Reply by BarbraW on -
I have talked to both my primary care doc and my endo about alcohol with my current meds (Metformin and Lantus) and both of them said that moderate drinking was fine, just watch the blood glucose numbers. Interesting that yours is telling you not to drink with Metformin. Everyone's got a different answer!
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Permalink Reply by Chris Funk on
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They were my first beers in bout 7 years, maybe that had a little something to do with it? I guess I won't be missing anything, but it sure did go down well!!!
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on -
Metformin probably works by poisoning the liver a bit as does alcohol. With enough poison the amount of blood sugar spewed out by the liver will collapse and then with a teeny amount of insulin you will go very low an extremely unpleasant if not dangerous situation. My Polish brother in law drank 1/2 bottle of hard liquour each and every day and lived to be 76. Most of us even without diabetes would not live past 60 with his regime. I had some sort of liver infection when I was 12 that McGill's best could not identify at the time. So this could be why my liver gets poisoned by 3 weeks of metformin and most other people dont. Livers are not made equal. More over there are other liver poisons like acetominofen that can add to the mix. So both doctors answers are right depends on the definition of moderate. If it is Methodist then ok if it is Polish then trouble.
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Permalink Reply by Smartie on -
=)so beer can be an alternative method of diabetes treatment! the dirty trick is that you can not control hypo caused by alcohol.
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Permalink Reply by BarbraW on
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Why not?
I was just talking to my Type 1 cousin the other day... he said that if he's drinking, he makes sure to have some carbs with it to even it out. He's been Type 1 for 15 year and has excellent blood sugar control.
Why wouldn't you be able to control hypo caused by alcohol?
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Permalink Reply by Mike on -
I got hooked on Miller High Life Lite. 7 cabs, 110 calories per can.
Plus, it the "champagne of beers."
Cheers, Mike
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Permalink Reply by Mel Wright on -
I undertand. But I get Coors Lite to save a few carbs. Try one at room temp,
Mel
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Permalink Reply by Rick Phillips on -
We have a forum for beer on this site. You folks are all invited to join up with us.
http://tudiabetes.com/group/diabetesandbeer
Rick Phillips
Oh I love a good cold coors light
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Permalink Reply by Peter Jones on -
i , also like a beer, mainly lagers although i switched to guiness, less sugar. sometimes it does push BG up alittle. I was DX in november so still searching for the path,my BG are running from 7's in AM to 5's in night ( 120 to 90 ) i am uk so beers are different as drink draught beer, thinking is that keeping to recommended units is ok and will not be detrimental and it keeps you human especially over Xmas. Just had 2 pints stella and chinese and i was 5.7 after 3 hours. i have practically cut out all carbs except for bowl porridge in AM, made with water and i have got best figures since D day. i am having my next Hba1c end of month and i hope it will be lower than the last( first ) which was 9.8 . Stella is 5% alcohol by volume so it is quite strong
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Permalink Reply by Mel Wright on
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Peter, google "carbs in beer." Guiness Extra Stout is a 20 carber. I love Guiness, but rarely drink one becausof the cargs. Get that carb list in your favorites for reference.
Mel
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Permalink Reply by Rick Phillips on
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We have a great beer site on this board. all of you are welcome if you wouldl like to join us, we woudl love to have you.
http://tudiabetes.com/group/diabetesandbeer
Rick
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