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.
No. However, there is extensive medical research evidence that drinking alcohol in moderation reduces the risk of developing type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes. You do not catch diabetes, it is not infectious. It is thought that a persons genes can influence their risk of developing diabetes but no one gene can predict its development. A combination of genetic risk and environmental factors are thought to be needed to trigger diabetes.