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Originally Posted by PERKDOUG  Alcohol partially shuts down the liver which means that gluconeogensis (the liver conversion of blood proteins to glucose) is inhibited. Therefore for some time after a few drinks there is little contribution of glucose from this process. A few hours later gluconeogensis resumes, raising your blood sugar. |
If we use this ideology, then I should be experiencing lows while the liver is removing alcohol from the bloodstream. I don't experience this. I still don't know why I had such a brutal low on one occasion, after being fine other times.
Further to this, I'm finding that if I'm having a couple, and eat something I usually eat such as a sandwich, I require about 50% more insulin than I do without alcohol. There seems to be insulin resistance, something I've read about before but it pertains more to Type 2 diabetics. Weird.
