Alcohol is not recommended for diabetic patients, alcohol can inhibit the gluconeogenesis pathway, and when diabetic patients are taking glucose-lowering drugs, drinking alcohol may cause hypoglycemia in the organism. If you must drink alcohol, you need to pay attention to the following points: 1. Because drinking alcohol affects the body’s function of perceiving and regulating hypoglycemia, it is easy to cause hypoglycemia without realizing it, plus the similarity of symptoms between intoxication and hypoglycemia may make it difficult for others to distinguish between them. Therefore, it is necessary to wear a medical warning sign to let others know that they have diabetes and may have hypoglycemia symptoms, so as to avoid serious situations. 2. Blood glucose should be measured before drinking alcohol. Alcohol can cause hypoglycemia after drinking, so it is important to monitor blood glucose continuously and eat sugary foods if necessary. 3. Choose drinks with lower alcohol content, such as light beer. 4. Avoid drinking alcohol while fasting or after physical exercise to prevent dangerously low blood sugar. 5. Diabetic patients with nerve damage, alcohol will make the condition of nerve damage worse, aggravate pain, numbness and other symptoms, it is recommended to strictly abstain from alcohol. To summarize, it is recommended that diabetic patients strictly abstain from alcohol, must drink as little as possible, and strengthen the blood glucose monitoring to avoid accidents.