http://healthproductreview.net/diabetes/what-happens-when-someone-has-diabetes-and-they-drink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happens-when-someone-has-diabetes-and-they-drink Health Products Review Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthproductreview.net/diabetes/what-happens-when-someone-has-diabetes-and-they-drink/#comment-267 ml88b Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:05:32 +0000 http://healthproductreview.net/diabetes/what-happens-when-someone-has-diabetes-and-they-drink/#comment-267 The blood sugar rises (because of the carbs) then falls. Its the livers job to get rid of the alcohol, but its also the livers job to release some of the sugar it stores when the blood sugar goes too low (note: it doesnt release enough sugar to come out of a low, so thats why a diabetic needs to eat or drink something). the liver will only perform one of those functions at a time, and the livers first priority is to get rid of the alcohol...which means it wont release that little bit of sugar to help with the low. A diabetic should eat something when they drink alcohol to help prevent the low. The blood sugar rises (because of the carbs) then falls. Its the livers job to get rid of the alcohol, but its also the livers job to release some of the sugar it stores when the blood sugar goes too low (note: it doesnt release enough sugar to come out of a low, so thats why a diabetic needs to eat or drink something). the liver will only perform one of those functions at a time, and the livers first priority is to get rid of the alcohol…which means it wont release that little bit of sugar to help with the low. A diabetic should eat something when they drink alcohol to help prevent the low.

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