Good news for diabetic coffee lovers?
There's been some evidence to suggest that drinking coffee may have negative effects on blood sugar control. I know that many Type 2 diabetics--including some who have posted on this blog--have definitely observed this to be true. Drinking coffee before or with breakfast can lead to a much higher rise in blood sugar than breakfast without the coffee, for example.
Although coffee may well affect the rate at which your body metabolizes the sugar from your meal, the latest studies suggest that it doesn't matter in the long run. A study of several thousand diabetic (type 2) men revealed that those who drank coffee were at no increased risk of complications or death.
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Posted by: todd | Aug 21, 2009 8:47:47 AM
i am a type 1 diabetic and i drink about 2 to 3 cups of black coffee a ay. i notice no rise in my blood sugar at all. im normally in 120's to 150's. so i feel that its a load of B.S.
Posted by: Luciano Miceli | Jul 4, 2009 12:05:15 AM
What is not said here is what are these people having with their coffee and are they putting anything in their coffee. I have my coffee black and a high fiber breakfast.
Posted by: Rick | Jul 2, 2009 8:40:25 AM
A few typos in the last message....Splenda and I don't know why it makes my blood sugar rise. Sometimes I can have something with mid-level carbs and it will raise my blood sugar more than a cupcake! - Not that I eat those very often. Since being diagnosed type 2 over a year ago, I've lost 40 pounds and my diabetes is pretty much under control. 120's to 140's and rarely near 200. When I was diagnosed, it was up to 300.
Posted by: Rick | Jul 2, 2009 8:37:01 AM
I'll bet it depends on the person. I have type 2 diabetes and don't notice any rise in my blood sugar when I drink black coffee which is my favorite BUT surprisingly, when I have coffeemate creamer and Slenda, it does rise! Sometimes considerably. I don't know what the sugars/carbs are for coffeemate but I know it's not off the charts so I don't know why it does rise my blood sugar.
Posted by: Monica Reinagel | Jun 14, 2009 7:31:10 PM
Dienna, I think what this research suggests (and this is being borne out in other studies as well) is that tight blood sugar control may not affect health outcomes in diabetics as much as we thought.
Because diabetes is characterized by elevated blood sugar, we've always assumed that keeping blood sugar as low as possible is the best way to treat this disease. But it appears to be more nuanced than that.
Obviously blood sugar has to be maintained within certain limits. However, it is natural (in diabetics and non-diabetics alike) for blood sugar to rise after meals.
If drinking coffee doesn't seem to affect the long-term health of diabetics, it could suggest that minimizing post-meal blood sugar is not the most important part of managing this disease and its complications.
Perhaps avoiding obesity and managing risk factors for heart disease are more important?
Posted by: Dienna | Jun 11, 2009 11:16:44 AM
This doesn't make sense to me. If people who test their blood sugar have noticed an increased blood sugar response when coffee is added, isn't that the best proof right there? There are so many things that can go wrong with studies... It seems like this post is saying to disregard the observations people have made in their own bodies because "a study says it won't matter in the long run." I DISAGREE!
Posted by: fat preacher | Jun 10, 2009 9:36:15 AM
Does this even include black coffee, with NO sugar added? What were the macro-nutrient ratios of the breakfast meals in the study? Wouldn't that matter?
I am guessing that it is the caffeine that causes the increase in the rate at which the body metabolizes the sugar. Is that true for all people, or just people with Type 2 Diabetes?
