by Matt Slick. Joyce Meyer was born on June 4, 1943. She is married, has four children, and lives outside of St. Louis, Missouri. She runs the Joyce Meyer Ministries organization (joycemeyer.org).
If you have diabetes, drinking alcohol may cause your blood sugar to either rise or fall. Plus, alcohol has a lot of calories. If you drink, do it occasionally and only when your diabetes and blood sugar level are well-controlled.
Although alcohol affects people without diabetes, it can cause even more pronounced effects in people with the disease. So how does alcohol affect diabetes? In this article we will discuss both the immediate, acute effects of alcohol in diabetics as well as the long-term chronic consequences of alcohol consumption.