What is the best alcoholic drink for diabetics?
If I decide to drink, which drinks and how much of them can I have? You have to learn which drinks contain sugar, which are high in carbohydrates, and how many calories they all contain. Whatever you drink has to be figured into your meal plan and the calories counted. Alcoholic drinks are usually calculated as fat exchanges, although you can also substitute them for bread exchanges. Naturally, you can't mix liquor with orange juice or tomato juice without counting those exchanges also. And you have to avoid such mixers as ginger ale, tonic, and other sweetened soft drinks. The best alcoholic drinks that don't contain sugar or carbohydrates are dry white wines (including champagne), dry red and rose wines, white vermouth, whiskey, gin, vodka, scotch, rum, brandy, and tequila. A four ounce glass of wine is about 80 calories; a four ounce glass of vermouth is about 140 calories. The hard liquors are calculated according to their proof. The higher the proof, the more calorie...