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My husband has type 2 diabetes and with the help of your
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magazine we are keeping things in check, even losing weight,
Good luck from all of us here and EDITOR
Sarah Moran
but the one thing we cannot find out about is what drinks he
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can have.
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Sara Niven
If he goes out with people from work what can he drink? Lagers
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seem sugar laden; beers, we are not sure how much sugar is in
A member of a forum that I belong CONTRIBUTING FOOD EDITOR
to said that your Christmas issue Jo Lamiri
them; and soft drinks seem to be not the thing to have.
had lots of recipes for Christmas
Could you put a few ideas to us? He has asked his diabetic
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dinner and the like – but I can’t get Imran Kelly
nurse and she thought of red wine, but he is not one for
hold of a copy. Do you have any
drinking this often.
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Suzanne Juby
We would both appreciate your views on this matter.
Simon
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Azmina Govindji BSc (Hons) RD
Gaynor, thanks for your letter. I know this is an issue that many
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Dr Ayan Panja MBBS MRCGP
readers will sympathise with. The advice from leading diabetes
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charity, Diabetes UK, is that people with diabetes can enjoy the
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same guideline levels of alcohol as the general population, but
Anya Lawrence
that an awareness of how alcohol affects your blood glucose
Thanks this issue to:
is very important. The good news is that your husband should
Sue Baic, Kelly Rose Bradford,
be able to enjoy his usual tipple, as long as it is in moderation. Yes, the good news is that you can
Nicola Duffy, Dawn Francis-Pester,
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Nicola Joyce, Sue Marshall, Siobhan
and_diabetes/, including which types of alcoholic drinks are very
Christmas issue (issue 11) contains O’Neill, Jo Whelan, Alice Whitehead
high in sugar (sherries and liqueurs being prime candidates) and
three complete Christmas meals plus
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