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Monday, December 7, 2009

100 Beers That Can Raise Your Blood Sugar and Produce Hyperglycemia

Drinking beer or alcohol for that matter, can result in high blood sugar which is a condition when an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood. Hyperglycemia is primarily a symptom of diabetes in which there are elevated levels of blood sugar, or glucose, in the bloodstream. With Type I diabetes, hyperglycemia results from malfunctioning in the supply of insulin, the chemical that enables cells to receive energy from glucose.

Many times when I have a few beers I get the feeling of tiredness and almost want to sleep. Also my strength feels like it’s being sucked right out of my body. This is a result of increased sugars in my blood and what makes me a diabetic.

Some of the side effects of drinking excessive alcohol are:
  • Polyphagia – frequent hunger, especially pronounced hunger
  • Polydipsia – frequent thirst, especially excessive thirst
  • Polyuria – frequent urination, especially excessive urination
  • Blurred vision
  • Fatigue
  • Poor wound healing (cuts, scrapes, etc.)
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry or itchy skin
  • Impotence (male)

100 or so beers and their alcohol and carb content

Brand
Brewery
Alcohol %
Calories/12 oz
Carbohydrates
(grams)
Anchor Porter
Anchor
5.6
209
*
Anchor Steam
Anchor
4.9
153
16.0
Anheuser Busch Natural Light
Anheuser Busch
4.2
95
3.2
Anheuser Busch Natural Ice
Anheuser Busch
5.9
157
8.9
Aspen Edge
Adolph Coors
4.1
94
2.6
Blatz Beer
Pabst
4.8
153
12.5
Blatz Light
Pabst
*
*
8.5
Blue Moon
Adolph Coors
5.4
171
13.7
Bud Dry
Anheuser Busch
5.0
130
7.8
Bud Ice
Anheuser Busch
5.5
148
8.9
Bud Ice Light
Anheuser Busch
4.1
110
6.5
Bud Light
Anheuser Busch
4.2
110
6.6
Budweiser
Anheuser Busch
5.0
145
10.6
Budweiser Select
Anheuser Busch
4.3
99
3.1

Busch Beer
Anheuser Busch
4.6
133
10.2
Busch Ice
Anheuser Busch
5.9
169
12.5
Busch Light
Anheuser Busch
4.2
110
6.7
Carling Black Label
G. Heileman
4.3
138
12.5
Colt 45 Malt Liquor
G. Heileman
6.1
174
11.1
Coors Banquet Beer
Adolph Coors
5.0
142
10.6
Coors Light
Adolph Coors
4.2
102
5.0
Genesee Beer
High Falls Brewing
4.5
148
13.5
Genesee Cream Ale
High Falls Brewing
5.1
162
15.0
Genesee Ice
High Falls Brewing
5.9
156
14.5
Genesee Red
High Falls Brewing
4.9
148
14.0
George Killian’s Irish Red
Adolph Coors
4.9
163
13.8
Icehouse
Miller
5
132
8.7
Icehouse
Miller
5.5
149
9.8
Hamm’s Beer
Miller
4.7
144
12.1
Hamm’s Golden Draft
Miller
4.7
144
12.1
Hamm’s Special Light
Miller
4.1
110
7.3
Keystone Premium
Adolph Coors
4.4
108
5.0
Keystone Light
Adolph Coors
4.2
104
5.1
Keystone Ice
Adolph Coors
5.9
143
6.6
Leinenkugel Honey Weiss
Leinenkugel
4.92
149
12.0
Leinenkugel Northwoods Lager
Leinenkugel
4.94
163
15.3
Leinenkugel Original
Leinenkugel
4.67
152
13.9
Leinenkugel Creamy Dark
Leinenkugel
4.94
170
16.8
Leinenkugel Red
Leinenkugel
4.94
166
16.2
Leinenkugel Light
Leinenkugel
4.19
105
5.7
Leinenkugel Amber Light
Leinenkugel
4.14
110
7.4
Lowenbrau Dark

5.0
160

Lowenbrau Special Beer

5.2
160

Magnum Malt Liquor
Miller
5.6
157
11.2
Michael Shea’s
High Falls Brewing
4.62
145
13.0
Michelob Amber Boch
Anheuser Busch
5.2
166
15.0
Michelob Beer
Anheuser Busch
5.0
155
13.3
Michelob Golden Draft
Anheuser Busch
4.7
152
14.1
Michelob Golden Draft Light
Anheuser Busch
4.1
110
7.0
Michelob Honey Lager
Anheuser Busch
4.9
175
17.9
Michelob Light
Anheuser Busch
4.3
113
6.7
Michelob Ultra
Anheuser Busch
4.1
95
2.6
Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor
Miller
5.6
157
11.2
Miller Genuine Draft
Miller
4.7
143
13.1
Miller Genuine Draft Light
Miller
4.2
110
7
Miller High Life
Miller
4.7
143
13.1
Miller High Life Light
Miller
4.2
110
7
Miller Lite
Miller
4.2
96
3.2

Milwaukee’s Best
Miller
4.5
128
11.4
Milwaukee’s Best Light
Miller
4.5
98
3.5
Milwaukee’s Best Ice
Miller
5.9
144
7.3









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