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Blood Glucose Levels & Beer Consumption

People who need to watch their blood glucose levels, such as diabetics, often wonder if beer is permissible to drink and in what quantity. Unfortunately, regular beer usually has a moderate amount of carbohydrates, which will in turn cause blood glucose levels to rise. Health-conscious beer drinkers sometimes choose light beer or low carb beer in order to reduce calories and carbohydrates.

  1. Regular Budweiser

    • Regular Budweiser has 145 calories and 10 grams of carbohydrates. Ten grams of carbohydrates are enough to moderately increase blood glucose levels. A few more drinks of regular Budweiser will cause highly undesirable blood glucose readings in diabetics.

    Bud Light

    • Bud Light is quite a bit better than its regular counterpart in regard to carb content. Bud Light has 110 calories and 6 grams of carbohydrates. One drink won't raise blood glucose levels much, but that second drink will raise it moderately.

    Miller Lite

    • If you need a light beer with much lower calories and carbohydrates, Miller Lite would be a good choice. It has 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbohydrates. At these carbohydrate levels, it will take around four drinks to significantly increase blood glucose levels.

    Michelob Ultra

    • Finally, here is a beer that is marketed to carbohydrate conscious drinkers. Michelob Ultra has 95 calories and 2.6 grams of carbohydrates. Just like with Miller Lite, it will take around four drinks to significantly effect blood glucose levels.

    Considerations

    • An important part of beer drinking is taste. Regular beer, with a much higher amount of carbohydrates, has a different and more preferable taste than light beer.

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