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By now you\u2019re probably sick of being told to eat green vegetables and drink green juices to manage your diabetes.<\/p>\nBy now you\u2019re probably sick of being told to eat green vegetables and drink green juices to manage your diabetes.<\/p>\n
Luckily, there is a genuinely pleasant, sweet, drink that both lowers cholesterol and manages blood sugar level for people with type-2 diabetes.<\/p>\n
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine<\/em> recruited volunteers who had previously almost completely abstained from alcohol, and who had their type-2 diabetes under control. <\/p>\n They were split into three groups.<\/p>\n \u2013 One group was told to drink a glass of water with supper.<\/p>\n \u2013 The second group was asked to drink a glass of white wine.<\/p>\n \u2013 The third group had to drink a glass of red wine.<\/p>\n After six months and again after two years, this group had their blood tested for cholesterol and blood sugar and were asked to complete a questionnaire about their diet, lifestyle, and other factors.<\/p>\n The result:<\/strong><\/p>\n – The water drinkers reaped no benefit.<\/p>\n – The white wine drinkers, in particular only those who metabolized alcohol quickly, enjoyed a slight improvement in their blood sugar control.<\/p>\n – The red wine drinkers experienced a moderate increase in good cholesterol and in blood sugar control.<\/p>\n Now, the conditions or stipulations:<\/strong><\/p>\n First:<\/strong> While they did not specify or limit the number of calories their subjects could consume per day, all of them were eating a Mediterranean diet with all its fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and unrefined vegetable oils. In other words, since all the subjects were on a healthy diet, the study cannot be generalized to people on the standard North American or any other unhealthy diet.<\/p>\n Second:<\/strong> Only one five-ounce glass of red wine per day is allowed.<\/p>\n Third:<\/strong> Those whose genetic tests showed that they metabolized alcohol quickly benefited substantially more than those who metabolized alcohol slowly. Only a genetic test can tell you this.<\/p>\n The researchers explained that both ethanol (alcohol) and the polyphenols in red grapes contributed to glucose control and that this was why both wines helped, but why red wine had a greater effect.<\/p>\n