Almost all of the hard liquors have very few calories/carbs. It's the carbs in sweet drinks that spike BG.
So instead of a margarita, I'll have tequila and soda with lime.
I like rum and diet coke if I want something sweet. Another fave is red wine. Or bourbon and soda.
Even beer isn't as bad as a sweet fruity drink, carb/calorie wise.
One thing about alcohol is that when you drink, your liver focuses on that instead of spiking your BG. So if I have a more carb-laden dinner than usual, I often have a bourbon or red wine with dinner, to help keep my BG from spiking too much.
For instance, the other day I had a slice of cherry pie. Sugar, flour, all the stuff that would normally spike me high. I had a drink with it, and a teaspoon of chia seeds (which also can slow a spike), and monitored at one, two, and three hours. Granted, my BG was a little higher than normal longer, but I didn't get the huge spike I normally would have.
Not that I'm advocating drinking to control BG! But if you drink, you may want to do a bit more testing when you do, so you can see how your body reacts to the alcohol.
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