One question though - alcohol , do any of you drink, how do you cope if you want a beer?!!
Hmm, difficult to answer.
For a beer, i usually count 2 bread units ( a beer typically austrian, means half a litre).
Because of malt glucose it gives good results this way BUT, alcohol itself lowers the glucose level after a few hours so you have to watch out anyway and find out yourself if this fits to your diabetes adjustment and physical condition!!!
Regarding wine it´s much more complex.
I found out that some dry redwine is fine in small quantities (one glass max.), while some others (i.e. portwine, retsina) gives very unexpected results (low or high glucose values).
And last but not least, forget about hard spirits like whiskey, cognac or stuff like that.
First this raises your glucose up to 400mg/dl, and then you´ll fall into very strong hypos, it´s an absolut NONONO!
good luck and i hope my english is understandable for you
greetings
wolke
