Named alcohol, which lowers blood sugar to a dangerous level

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Many foods and drinks are recommended to be excluded from the diet, because they can sharply increase or decrease the level of sugar in the blood and provoke serious health problems. It became known about alcohol, which is also advised to beware.

As the Express reports, blood sugar levels can not only rise, but also fall to unhealthy levels, which can cause many serious problems, especially with type 2 diabetes .

Alcohol consumption can cause this adverse effect, with some drinks being particularly dangerous.

Most alcoholic beverages tend to raise blood sugar levels and then dangerously lower them, experts say. Beers, lagers, wines, sherries and liqueurs usually have this effect, they say.

“If you drink a few of these drinks, you can expect a spike in blood sugar followed by a steady drop after a few hours. , often during sleep,” doctors say.

Experts emphasize that hypoglycemia is no less dangerous than high blood sugar. “The level of sugar in the blood is very low – the risk of cardiac arrhythmia, brain damage and myocardial infarction is significantly higher,” British doctors said.