Yada Yada / The Off Topic Arena

I agree to drop this discussion, it will never end, but no kisses

 

If a person isn't diabetic then the body should regulate sugar properly so Coke or beer is probably is not an issue, so we are more likely talking about individuals whose body does not regulate sugar properly.

It got me curious, so I wanted to get a better understand of what was meant by may/can.

All I was able find was it may was an indirect causation that was mentioned in the link you provided.

• Alcohol can stimulate the appetite, encouraging overeating and therefore increasing blood sugar levels further.

In general, the sentiment I found was this:

Alcohol consumption can lead to dangerously low blood sugar. This is because the liver has to work to remove the alcohol from the blood instead of managing blood sugar levels, and because alcohol can lead to situational unawareness of low blood sugar.

and

Alcohol consumption causes an increase in insulin secretion, which leads to low blood sugar (otherwise known as hypoglycaemia)

I'd be interesting in understand how alcohol by itself causes high blood sugar.

Mr. Hounddriver may not even have Diabetes, so this may not even be applicable to him.

 

Mr Houndriver has had type 2 diabetes for 15 years and knows very well how alcohol interferes with his body's ability to process blood sugar and thus causes high glucose levels that take many days to get under control, but please carry on. Its cute to watch all the googling experts tell me how my body is supposed to act. And on occasion I do actually learn something.

And if I may, earlier in the thread you mentioned "I chose beer over an occasional a soda" in reference to a reply I made. I neglected to point out that there is a huge difference between "soda water" which I mentioned and "a soda" which is an Americanism for a Coke or something similar. Soda Water, Brand name Club Soda, contains ZERO sugar.
Carbonated Water: Is it a Good Drink for Diabetes?

 

As I mentioned in the post directly above yours, Soda Water contains ZERO sugar. It is merely carbonated water. And yet the price has gone up with the other canned drinks for no reason other than that they can get away with it.

 

I find this a strange statement to make - I assume a person would state he has diabetes because he has been diagnosed with it by someone with medical expertise.

 

That's why I covered my *ss by using "almost".

 

Not really, if you read the thread in the order it was written. If you read post (#7), diabetes is never mentioned, it's only specified after I said I'm not sure what he has (#13). The diabetes fact was presented in (#14).

I hope that clears up the strangeness for you.

 

I love google.

Add: To be clear, I was comparing soda (pop), not soda water to beer. Admittedly a bit confusing, but the water seemed a bit anti-climatic, which is probably why my brain went to something a bit more interesting. When is the last time a doctor told you to stop drinking water?