For Lesley Re: soft drinks in the uk? - saccharine?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 11:44:20 -0600 (CST)
Hi,
I am in the UK and on met. 100mg/day. Why should we not drink on met
(apart from the low carb thing); why should certain alcoholic drinks be
okay; and why should alcohol affect someone so quickly including the
rapid hangover?
I'm very confused. Thanks for any help you may be.
At Thu, 8 Mar 2001, lesley wrote:
>
>Hi Belinda
>
>Yes, I have totally given up beer. This is mainly because I am trying
>to follow the sugarbusters diet which claims that beer contains sugar.
>This diet allows red wine, but because of the met, my doctor said that
>only the occasional glass of red wine was allowed :-(
>
>I do remember suddenly having problems getting the lime perrier a few
>years ago, although my local tesco used to stock the lemon variety. But
>since I moved to the USA I have been able to get lime perrier at my
>local supermarket.
>
>When we go around to friends houses in the US, one of us usually has to
>drive, so now it is usually me cause I refuse to drink and drive and it
>doesn't bother me to stick to diet coke for a few hours, and, if anyone
>tries to get too insistant I explain that I am not allowed to drink on
>my medication and leave it at that. I have found that it doesn't bother
>me too much now, as I have found that even the smell of beer is
>disgusting (I started the sugarbusters diet at the end of March last
>year) and I am not really bothered about drinking much wine. I know
>what you mean about the beer culture though, especially after I missed
>going down to the pub when we first came over to the usa.
>
>One thing that did help, was that I found that when I started the met, a
>glass of wine would go to my head really quickly but the hangover
>feeling would arrive really fast as well, somewhere around 15mins after
>drinking the glass of wine. This doesn't half put you off drinking too
>much too frequently. This is from a woman who used to be able to drink
>many men (and women) under the table by the time I reached polytechnic.
>
>Good luck
>
>--
>Lesley
>At Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Belinda wrote:
>>
>>ooh - thanks Lesley!
>>
>>I had a look for the flavoured Perrier in our local store last night but
>>they didn't have it, so I shall extend my search!
>>
>>All the other flavoured waters that they had contained either aspartane
>>or saccharine - I know aspartane is bad in terms of insulin production -
>>does anyone know about saccharine?
>>
>>And Lesley - have you totally given up beer now then? Is that because
>>you're on met or because of it stimulating insulin production? I've cut
>>back drastically on the amount I drink - it's really made me aware of
>>how much of our social life is based around alcohol! Have you found it
>>difficuly socially? I certainly don't mean this in terms of being an
>>alcoholic, just that going to bars or pubs or friends' houses for a
>>drink seems to be the main social activity in the UK!
>>
>>--
>>Belinda
>>
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