Can diabetics drink alcohol?

  Chinese drinking is a culture, wine in the life of many people essential. Indeed, long-term moderate drinking of alcohol has certain health effects on the body, but for diabetic patients with metabolic diseases, it is best to abstain from drinking because alcohol has many negative effects on diabetic patients: 1. Drinking alcohol may affect the patient’s normal eating, which is not conducive to diet control; 2. is the problem of hypoglycemia in diabetes, alcohol can increase the chances of hypoglycemia in patients, which is As patients may reduce their diet due to drinking, but alcohol is absorbed and metabolized faster and cannot maintain blood sugar level for a longer period of time, and alcohol itself can also stimulate insulin secretion and enhance the effect of insulin, raising the risk of hypoglycemia; 3. Alcohol consumption in diabetic patients is also not conducive to lipid control, and can cause fatty liver or even cirrhosis, increasing the pressure on the liver.