How does a Newly Diabetic person Party Out, if he no longer can drink alcoholic !


Question: Okay guys, I really need help on this one! I want to party out [drink] but the doctor warn me about alcholic drinks, since I am a newly diabetic! How can I have fun in life, when I cannot longer drink??? What are my alternatives on drinking and having a good time? Thanks


Answers: Okay guys, I really need help on this one! I want to party out [drink] but the doctor warn me about alcholic drinks, since I am a newly diabetic! How can I have fun in life, when I cannot longer drink??? What are my alternatives on drinking and having a good time? Thanks

The reason why a New Diabetic should avoid alcohol:

1) you are new to the disease and may not understand all the "ins & outs"
2) you may have been recently put on insulin or oral pills and your body needs time to adjust
3) you have not learned the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia which is too low blood sugar
4) drinking alcohol puts you at risk of too low blood sugar which is dangerous and can be fetal


Hypoglycemia is dangerous because you can go into a coma and even die, if it is not treated in time. Normally when your liver senses that your sugar is too low, it will turn carbohydrates into glucose (sugar) to keep your blood sugar levels normal. Without glucose, the brain dies. Alcohol is like a poison to the body. When the liver metabolizes it, it is treated like a toxin that it must get rid of immediately. While it is doing this, it will not create glucose until the toxin is gone. That is why your blood sugar can go too low when drinking. Additionally, the insulin and/or oral pills that you are taking will also lower the blood sugar even further.

If you must drink... always eat before you drink... and at the most you should only have 2 alcoholic drinks if you are a man and 1 if you are a woman... avoid high alcohol content and high sugar drinks... switch to light beer or mixers with diet soda or diet juice, tonic water, or seltzer water.

You don't have to drink to have fun. If you have to drink , drink light beer

Being realistic, I know that if I say drink in moderation or not at all, you will laugh. I imagine you know that you don't HAVE to drink to have fun. That being said, since I am guessing you have been diagnosed with type 2 and are not taking insulin, you have to be careful. Alcohol affects diabetics differently. And the main danger, I think, is the lack of care while drinking - ie, who thinks to test their blood sugar when they are drunk? If you are on insulin, you need to test more often during the night, and be careful not to give yourself too much insulin at any time, as a low would be extremely hard to determine - by yourself or by others if they just think you are drunk.
If you are not using insulin and still want to drink - make it the side dish, not the main course. Meaning, drink responsibly and don't get wasted. The alcohol has tons of carbs and can affect a diabetic faster and harder than a non-diabetic. One night of binge drinking probably won't kill you, but it could do damage - long term and short. You won't be able to recover like a non-diabetic person, you may easy become dehydrated and not be able to control your numbers for days. Be safe, be smart and have fun.

If you mean by drink, You mean like total wreck, no good. Now one or two drinks are ok as long as you drink one an hour.
Also think about becoming straightedge.
No drugs, No alcohol, No ciggarettes, And no promiscuous sex.

You don't need booze to have fun, nor do you need illegal drugs.

Alcohol is just a crutch for people trying to escape their lives. Find out what it is in your life that you are running from, and confront it. Then learn to appreciate life, and the people you care about, the fun will take care of itself.

Try conversations with your fellow partiers. Alcohol affects diabetics differently. First the calorie is 7 per gram, unlike protein or carbs at 4, or fats at 9..... However first you go up in caloric intake then bottom out very quickly, unlike the non diabetic. Practice humor, read to learn about your interests, history, art, TV sports etc. Impress people with knowledge instead of humiliating yourself on alcohol.

http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/...

Alcohol LOWERS blood sugar so do not count carbs or add extra medication.
You need to eat when you drink moderatly and check your sugars often.

Is your doctor an endocrinologist ? If not, get one.





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