In a message dated 5/11/2004 8:56:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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It's interesting that the lowest BG you measured was after two glasses
of wine -- alcohol is preferentially burned as energy even before
glucose and does not raise insulin. Actually alcohol increases insulin
sensitivity, reduces insulin levels and reduces TG concentation
Since alcohol is a "poison" to the body the liver shuts down its normal
functions until it can detoxify it. This will block gluconeogenesis in the liver.
This means that the bodies mechanism for raising BG levels will be shut down
for a while and under certain conditions hypoglycemia can occur. This is
especially true when you eat a very low carbohydrate meal. JerrySteg
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