Alcohol Consumption in College for Diabetics :: Diabetes Alcohol

inebriant Consumption in CollegeSo, youre in college now and you want to enjoy the full college watch. For many people, a very large part of this experience involves alcoholic drink. Diabetics need to be careful when consuming alcohol because diabetes and alcohol lowlife potentially be a very dangerous and even pernicious combination. If you do decide to drink, please do so responsibly because imbibing until you are stupid not only harms you, but it puts a banding of stress on friendships who leave bring you out of that seizure or fainting spell that was brought on by the hypoglycaemia that resulted from drinking too oftentimes without flowing first? Whoever it is will not appreciate having to do so.* What happens when a person with diabetes ingests alcohol? One study showed that when an alcoholic beverage was ingested with an flush meal, there may be a delayed hypoglycemic succession the morning after, or up to 16 hours after ingestions. However, there was no acute event of hypoglycemia immediately after ingesting alcohol WITH a meal. (Richardson et al. 2005) On the other hand, alcohol on an empty stomach increases the risks of hypoglycemia in several ways.First, ingestion of even small amounts may spoil the ability of the individual to detect the onset of hypoglycemia at a stage when they are still able to grow appropriate action, i.e., eat carbohydrates. Second, hypoglycemia per se may be mistaken for intoxication by third parties with legal as well as health consequences. Third, alcohol has been shown in some studies to directly impair the hormonal counterregulatory responses to low production line glucose levels (4). Fourth, recent data indicate that small amounts of alcohol can add the cognitive deficits associated with hypoglycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes (5). (Richardson et al. 2005)Anyway, if you drink responsibly, everyone will surely have a good time.For a slightly more comprehensive write-up, visit htt p//www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/alcohol.jsp *On a side note, just taking care of yourself is important for that reason, too. I have talked to people who have had to take care of their friends/boyfriends/girlfriends who wouldnt take care of themselves, and these people were basically blessed to get out of the relationships they had with these people with diabetes because it was too much stress.