Navigating Sweets and Alcohol with Diabetes During the Holidays

The holidays are a great excuse for spending lots of time with friends and loved ones, but those visits often come with an abundance of sweets - and alcohol. This can spell trouble for people with Type 2 diabetes.

HealthGrades recommends the following six strategies for keeping your blood sugar in check during the holidays:

1. Make sure to eat before drinking any alcohol. Try to choose complex carbs and proteins that will be digested and release sugar into your bloodstream slowly.
2. Check out everything on the snack table and then make a conscious decision about what you'll eat. 
3. Remember that if you eat dessert, you'll need to cut carbs from other places in your meal. 
4. Keep a nonalcoholic beverage on hand. 
5. Dilute your drinks for a lower alcohol content (for example, add club soda to wine). 
6. Check your blood sugar before going to bed to avoid nighttime low blood sugar.

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