In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day: Alcohol and Diabetes
Jessica Torres, MSN, BC-ADM, RN, CDE, CDTC
In my career as a diabetes educator I have heard many mixed messages around alcohol and diabetes. In all honesty, when I bring up alcohol with my patients, many times, it is the first time they have had the subject brought up during a diabetes care appointment. I find this understandable and shocking at the same time. Discussing alcohol consumption with a patient can be a very sensitive subject for many reasons, including: personal convictions about drinking alcohol, fear of the effects of alcohol in combination with diabetes, and also hard to bring up if ...