Diabetes and coffee

[patliputra]

Should diabetics drink coffee?

[ramana42 Volunteer]

As I understand,coffee spikes sugar levels soon after consumption,but subsides later.Better avoid coffee just before going for a test.Consumption of coffee in moderate quantities is reportedly good for health.

[Hmmmmmm]

Coffee is good but very limited

[Jetneo]

It may be the cafeine stimulates cortisol, which can raise blood sugar, but that’s assuming you’re not using milk or a sweetener, artificial or regular, that effects blood sugar. Heavy cream in small quantities is easier on blood sugar than milk, check the carbs, that’s what I use, to maintain my coffee addiction!

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Are you suggesting that the use of artificial sweeteners can affect one's blood sugar levels?

[Praveen55 Moderator]

Recently I measured my blood sugar after taking instant black coffee without sugar or sweetner. I did not find any measurable change in blood sugar readings after 30m, 60m and 90m. The change was + - 3 points which will be without consuming coffee also.

I believe it depends on the type of coffee and added ingredients, if any, as suggested by Jetneo .

[HOBIEONE]

I normally have Tea at work but also Coffee. I have never noticed any high readings. As long as you don't have anything else in the cup ?

[Luckysugar]

I totally agree with all comments. Tea or coffee will not have significant changes in BSL as long as we don't add anything that spikes blood sugar like sugar or too much milk. I add some cultures butter and cream instead of milk but little amount of full cream milk should be fine.

[Luckysugar]

What an awesome reading about the impacts of caffeine on BSL. Good advice on specific time and how to drink our cuppa to avoid sugar spikes. I would presume both T1 and T2 have similar effects from caffeine, don't we?

[anands1952]

Coffee or tea without sugar will not increase blood sugar level.Even a half spoon of sugar added will increase sugar level

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I am very concerned with some blanket advice from so called medical advice given from .com address's suggesting almost all of this information is USA based. Having seen many of them leaves me with the feeling that I am about to be given some sort of sales pitch. I now always ask my browser to return only that information that emanates from the UK - If the US information is so good, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will know about it and it will be backed by them if they corroborate. Further more I become increasingly irritated with the ratio of advice for type 1 Diabetes and that of type 2 from a statistical point of view (the doctors surgery yesterday) type 1 diabetics make up only 10% of the total diabetics in this country therefore one would think the information would be within the same tolerance level, however my findings contradict that belief. Have a look at diabetes.co.uk/food/coffee-...

which gives a less gloomy or threatening view on caffeine.