Three or Four Glasses of Red Wine or Beer Help Manage Blood Sugar!

New research conducted in Denmark suggests that drinking three to four glasses of red wine per week may lower your chance of getting diabetes. The research shows that people who ingest red wine a couple of times a week have a lower chance of getting diabetes than people who have never drank!

The Danish study showed that a moderate to high intake of red wine was associated with a lower risk of diabetes in both men and men. The authors of the study said that this is due to polyphenols in the wine or beer that help manage blood sugar, which helps to safeguard against diseases like diabetes.

A lot of recent studies have touted the fact that red wine has many health benefits, from improved cardiovascular function, cognitive function or containing cancer-fighting agents— now it looks like diabetes may be one disease which can be avoided— thanks to red wine. Bodybuilder Kevin Levrone was known to drink red wine backstage during competitions. Red wine polyphenols increase nitric oxide and increase vasodilation! Was that Kevin’s “secret sauce” for getting ripped and vascular during competiton?

This is also good news for beer lovers, as beer has many polyphenols too! The study concluded that men and women who have seven or more drinks of wine, or beer, per week have a significantly lower chance of diabetes risk by 20 to 30 percent! That’s amazing!

What About Hard Liquor?

The study does have some bad news for those of you who enjoy hard liquor aka spirits, i.e., bourbon, whiskey, vodka, etc. Spirits were shown to have no medicinal effect. The study showed no health improvement for men who enjoy spirits, and for women there’s even worse news! It appears that women who consume seven or more drinks that involve spirits had an 83 percent greater chance of diabetes risk compared to women who have less than one drink of spirits per week.  

Stock up on your favorite red wine, or beer, and drink to your health with a healthy meal cooked in extra-virgin olive oil. Please remember to drink in moderation and responsibly. Never drink when you drive. The life you save may be your own, or someone else’s.

Cheers to your health!

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-017-4359-3 Alcohol drinking patterns and risk of diabetes: a cohort study of 70,551 men and women from the general Danish population Diabetolgia, 2017.

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