Drinking and diabetes

Here's what the NIH says about alcohol

Alcoholic Drinks
Alcoholic drinks have calories but no nutrients. If you have alcoholic drinks on an empty stomach, they can make your blood glucose level go too low. Alcoholic drinks also can raise your blood fats. If you want to have alcoholic drinks, talk with your doctor or diabetes teacher about how much to have.

I'm presuming that they don't really mean that, that when they say alcoholic drinks they mean distilled spirits, whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, that sort of thing. I presume that because most people think of beer and wine as alcoholic drinks and they aren't empty of nutrients. They even have carbs.

The National Institute of Health is supposed to be able to get this stuff right. But it seems that getting the little facts right is just too much for them.

You're on your own. You can't rely on a word they say.