How does alcohol consumption raise blood sugar levels?

Subject: How does alcohol consumption raise blood sugar levels?

Date: Sun Oct 22 01:23:43 2000
Posted by Jonathan
Grade level: undergrad School: Mayland Community College
City: Burnsville State/Province: North Carolina Country: USA
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 972192223.Bc

Message:


I've always been told by endocrinologists that alcohol is bad for 
diabetics because it turns to sugar once consumed.  A while back I got 
into an argument with a drunk dietician who claimed that alcohol did not 
become sugar when metabolized.  Please explain the process by which 
alcohol consumption raises blood sugar levels in diabetics.  Thank you.

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