Toast the New Year with just one glass of bubbly

How to survive the holidays with diabetes

The holidays can be a stressful time, even more-so if you have diabetes. Here are 10 tips for getting through the holidays with diabetes

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9. Toast the New Year with just one glass of bubbly

You may be celebrating, but that doesn't mean that you should send your meal plan (and your judgment) on holiday. Alcohol can interfere with your blood sugar by slowing the release of glucose into the bloodstream; it also contains a lot of calories—89 calories per glass of white wine or champagne, 55 calories in a shot of vodka and 170 calories in a pint of stout beer. What's more, alcohol breaks down your inhibitions and judgment, which makes you that much less likely to resist the junk foods that you would otherwise be able to pass up.