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TheDebbieDee

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4. About the alcohol, it works to keep blood sugar lower

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 07:27 PM

Jan 2012

by inhibiting the liver from releasing glucose into your bloodstream.....the liver treats alcohol as though it were a toxin and makes removing/cleansing alcohol from the bloodstream a priority over ALL other functions (the liver behaves as though it was obsessive/compulsive like Mr. Monk when it comes to alcohol).

Alcohol works on the liver just like Metformin, by preventing the liver from dumping glucose into the bloodstream while alcohol is present.

At least, that's how it was explained in a book I read. The explanation has stuck with me because I really appreciated the way the author explained it.

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Type II Diabetic here......... [View all] TheDebbieDee Jan 2012 OP

I am also diabetic Irishonly Jan 2012 #1

I eat as low-carb as possible kdmorris Jan 2012 #2

Several things work for me. . . Nay Jan 2012 #3

About the alcohol, it works to keep blood sugar lower TheDebbieDee Jan 2012 #4

well that's interesting grasswire Jan 2012 #5

But you still have to read up on the sugar content of what you're drinking......... TheDebbieDee Jan 2012 #6

gack -- would never drink those anyway! n/t grasswire Jan 2012 #7

Hi, everybody. I'm just checking in again................. TheDebbieDee Jun 2012 #8

I had type 2 diabetes sense Jun 2012 #9

Awesome... thanks kdmorris Jun 2012 #10

Not remotely what I said... or at all implied. sense Jun 2012 #11

I got Type 2 Diabetes because of my lousy genes kdmorris Jun 2012 #12

Saying I'm not part of the sense Jun 2012 #13

Now we are adding in "or improve their blood sugar" kdmorris Jun 2012 #14

I'm saying that I'm cured. sense Jun 2012 #15

give us a general idea of what you eat in a day grasswire Jul 2012 #17

Ok. sense Jul 2012 #18

I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes about a month ago Nikia Jul 2012 #16