Take a big leap of faith in yourself, and have a long talk with someone who is diabetic. Having to shove a needle into myself 4 to 7 times a day gets old real fast.
I just finished reading an article that flat out stated that if I were to hop up the amount of carbohydrates I take in that would lower my blood sugar levels. What a bunch of bunkum !!! That would shove my sugar levels up over 200 and that is where the damage starts to occur.(vascular Damage).
You really owe it to yourself to explore the truth.
I love to smoke a good hoober often, as it helps pain to be a lot more bearable, I would never tell anyone that it will get rid of all the pain cause I can only go by my own results. Does smoking a hoober bring my blood sugar levels down ? I'm going to look real close at this one since I do have all the blood testing tools.
Usually I can tell pretty close where my levels are at so this will be interesting, but remember this is how I am with smoking and levels, not everyone will be the same. Thank God we are all different right ?
Caffein doesn't seem to inhibit the buzz, or rather lower it on me. and the only nasty that I ever proved with carbonated drinks is that it does dissolve the enamel on one's teeth. Proved this by putting a tooth my daughter lost into a glass of pepsi, and after two days it was pretty well dissolved.
It's great that you guys are hungry for knowledge, and I applaude that, keep learning.
smoke in peace
KingKahuuna