Blood Glucose Levels & Beer Consumption
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Regular Budweiser
Bud Light
Miller Lite
Michelob Ultra
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