Hi there,
I am a Type 2 diabetic and am on medication.Sometimes when I am busy working I miss my lunch and about 3pm I check my blood glucose and find that it is around 6.4 whereas if I had eaten a low GI sandwich it would make my blood glucose about 7.3
Is it wrong to miss a meal?
– Lou Corbitt
From Facebook (Diabetic South Africans):
Yes it bad. Even nibbling on Provitas stabilises your sugar levels. Up and down is bad for other organs in your body. I nibble something every 4 hours even a carrot or a green salad
– Sindiswa Shayi Dondolo Lingela
Being a type 2 diabetic I checked my blood glucose level and found it to be 8.0 A friend in my company informed me that a shot of whisky and water would make the glucose level drop.
As it was 4:30 pm I decided to give it a try,and after about 20 minutes I took another reading and the reading had dropped to 7.1
Is this the type of alcohol I should be drinking?
Hi there,
Alcohol is certainly not a replacement for insulin and shouldn’t be used to make your blood sugar go down. But if you are going to drink, whisky and water is a good choice as it has comparatively fewer carbs than other drinks, and water is the best mixer around!