Coffee-Diabetic?!?

As long as you dont have sugar in your coffee it is good for you. Try splenda. It tastes good with coffee. Hypoglycaemia is a characteristic short-term metabolic complication of diabetes. After 72 hours abstinence, ingestion of 250-400 mg caffeine can improve the perception of hypoglycaemic symptoms. My mother is diabetic and I told her to drink coffee.

Couple things first...Sorry you just found out about the diabetes. That really sucks because I personally know it is hard to give up the things we love so much! And remember, you mom can have pizza...IF she uses those special low carb tortillas. Only 10 carbs for the tortilla and if you put butter on it and stick it under the boiler...it doubles as toast. :) A way of getting around to being able to have bread without the jump of the sugar level. Now, for coffee. In moderation is ok...caffeine speeds up your system. So it will also help to burn off some extra sugar in your system. However, too much and you lower your sugar too fast but are left feel jittery for more than one reason. The way I see it, they have taken away everything I love! No more sweets, donuts, cup cakes, cheese cake, pancakes, waffles, pasta...grrr Lots of meats and veggies. :P And the Splenda takes some getting used to...so, I am not giving up my caffeine. Now, mind you I get my caffiene from tea and diet soda...but there is no way I could give up everything I love! So, go ahead and have your coffee. And then address it with your doctor. As long as you are keeping the sugar level under control and you remember moderation...no troubles my friend Mee. :)

No...Coffee may still make ur Diabetic Nature Serious...The Caffine n Coffee may lessen the secretion of Insulin from The Pancreas gland which s one of the major reasons 4 the Diabetes....

This is a tricky one isn't it - I know a couple people who are diabetic who like drinking coffee. Finding studies that have been conducted on coffee helping prevent diabetes is fairly easy. Finding them the shed light on whether it helps or hinders after the fact sure are trickier. Here is one where a small study (ok, its only 14 people) found that caffeine intake at mealtime increased glucose and insulin levels among those 14 people with type 2 diabetes. The problem, even with this study is its only 14 people, taking caffeine tablets at mealtimes. Are the results the same if your not having a meal? Do the other components of coffee, counteract the caffeine. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=34405 If I were you, I would have a cup of coffee a couple hours after lunch, and test your own levels before and after and see how it affects you. At least you could then make an informed decision based on how it actually affects you. Hope this help.. even just a little ;)

First, I'm sorry to hear of your learning you have diabetes. Fortunatley, it is something that can be controlled, and you will adjust to it. As far as coffee goes, it is fine for diabetics, as long as it is in moderation. As far as actually helping with diabetes, I've heard that it only reduces the risk of getting diabetes. My father is diabetic, and he wouldn't do without his coffee several times a day. It does not affect his blood sugar, and that it the main thing you need to watch now. Just keep a close watch on those numbers, and you will learn pretty quickly what will and won't raise your blood sugar levels. Good luck, and if I can help with anything, let me know!

I drink coffee. Either that or I'm a zombie. :) You're going to read something different everywhere you look for information. The sweetener is hard to get used to. I've been using it for so long now that I actually prefer it to sugar. One bit of advice, just from my experiences. If you must have something sweet and choose the sugar free chocolates, be prepared. Eat them in moderation, seriously, like only one. They wreak havoc on your stomach. That might not be the case for you, but I hate those things. They do the same thing to other people I know. If I want something sweet, I eat a fun size candy bar.

A new study of coffee and diabetes has shown that men who drank 6 cups of coffee a day reduced their chances of developing type-2 diabetes by half. Women who drank the same amount cut their risk by 30 percent. 126,000 people filled out questionnaires over the past 12-18 years with information about their coffee intake and other health questions. In earlier studies, Dutch researchers discovered that there are compounds in coffee that aid the body's metabolism of sugar. Their study involved 17,000 men and women in the Netherlands. The results were published in November 2002, in the journal Lancet.

My doctor (who is also a diabetic) told me I could drink as much coffee as I wanted. Just be sure it is decaffinated coffee. Sure you can eat pizza if the crust is made from almond and/or soy flour. You can eat cake, cookies even biscuits if they are made with soy or almond flour. Want a sugar cookie to go with your coffee? Sift together 1 & 1/4 C. Almond flour 1 c. Splenda Blend in 1/4 c butter (softened) 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla extract. Mix well. Form into 1 inch balls on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, flaten with fork. Bake for 8 minutes(or until light golden brown) in 350 degree oven. Go here for more information about Diabetes. http://www.dlife.com

Hey meeandnotyou! Good to see this discussion is still going on.. I was just reading you post about it raising your blood pressure. Interesting. I suppose you probably don't know, but do you think this is happening only since you became diabetic or was this something that was happening before hand too?

i hav to ask the same question,so plz anybody tell only the answer-"is coffee is permissible for daibetic patients or not?" "yes or no?"