With a fast-paced lifestyle, being constantly high on energy is the need of the hour. With a variety of energy drinks available in the market, it is easy to fall into the trap and put your health at risk. Diabetics need to be extra cautious before they supplement their controlled diet with these drinks. Energy drinks claim to increase energy levels but studies have proven that these give rise to glucose and insulin and cause instant, but in the long run and after a few hours of consumption, energy drinks for diabetics can lead to fatigue.
To provide that instant energy boost, the ingredients present in energy drinks directly affect your blood sugar levels. While some drinks are loaded with added sugars which act as manipulators for your normal sugar levels, others contain caffeine and other stimulants. These substances often lead to the body going into hyper-energetic mode due to the release of epinephrine or adrenaline. However, this also results in hyperglycemia or lower than normal sugar levels, which can even prove life-threatening.
A typical diet contains more than 35 percent sugar content, which results in no additional nutritional value and in fact adds to diabetes’s sugar levels. Studies have proven consumption of sweetened drinks increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes both in men and women and disturbed their normal range for blood sugar. Additionally, these also throw your diabetes management regime off-track and disrupt levels of blood sugar.
In almost all energy drinks, the quantity of alcohol is present to give them that energy quotient. A combination of alcohol, sugar and caffeine can prove fatal, especially in insulin-resistant individuals. Sudden fluctuations in blood glucose levels, both hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels) can cause dangerous symptoms like confusion, nervousness and seizures. This also affects other diabetes management regimes followed to control diabetes and hence must be carefully included in the diet.
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Insulin resistance indicates developing diabetes and hence both caffeine and alcohol in energy drinks create a barrier and prevent diabetics from leading a healthy life. It is important to consult your diabetes educator or doctor before consuming any energy drink and also keep a strict check on your blood glucose levels using a compact glucometer. The readings obtained from the glucometer must be analysed and accordingly, treatment prescribed for leading a healthy and joyful life with diabetes.
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