A glass of red wine can improve cholesterol levels for diabetics

Everyone had to stay on a strict Mediterranean diet throughout the experiment.

Meanwhile, in long-term observational studies that compare drinkers and non-drinkers, these findings translate pretty definitively to better health outcomes for the light to moderate drinkers. One drink is equivalent to 5 oz of wine, 12 oz of beer, or 1.5 oz of hard liquor. One to two glasses of red wine for men and one for women, as the researchers recommend, sounds like a decent quantity of alcohol per day. “The antioxidants in red wine can help protect against heart disease”. They say this would be the best pairing, noting, “If you’re going to drink red wine, this study is a good reminder to do it the old fashioned way: drink it with a Mediterranean meal high in vegetables and fish and lower in meat, with fruit for dessert and using olive oil”. The researchers reported at a European Society of Cardiology meeting in 2014 that significant improvement in cholesterol levels were seen in those who consumed white wine and did work out at least twice a week.

Eighty-seven percent of the participants completed the two-year test, wherein 80 percent drank a daily dose of wine.

The researchers, most of who were from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, studied type 2 diabetes patients controlled by drugs.

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The other, titled Moderate Wine Intake in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, was published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine and found similar results, this time with Type 2 diabetes patients.

Now, there are a few important limitations on this latest study. In recent years, scientists had conflicting hypotheses about the health effects of red wine among diabetics. It’s good for your heart, your brain. These same modifications can also improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. Alcohol contributes liquid calories, which aren’t as filling as calories from food and may make it easier to put on extra pounds. A third group drank mineral water.

The researchers found that drinking red or white wine was also associated with improved sleep.

We’ve heard plenty about the (often exaggerated) benefits of red wine. However, the authors of the new study were particularly focused on the advantage of red wine over white wine when it comes to diabetes.