That moderate wine consumption is beneficial to health, they have told us innumerable occasions.Well, now, experts take a step further and ensure that, in addition, it can help prevent certain diseases, such as diabetes.
The truth is that diabetics were advisable to drink wine.But this, now, can change since there are studies that find that the wine favors the prevention of certain types of diabetes and even could benefit people who already suffer from this disease.
Specifically, the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition magazine has published a study on the beneficial effects of wine in type 2 diabetes, the most common variant.Here the patient should not inject daily insulin dose (as would be in type 1) but his body does offer insulin resistance that causes it not to be used with the effectiveness that should, which has to be compensated with diet or pills.
Moderate consumption of wine could be beneficial for type 2 diabetes since wine helps the body in its insulin production
The article indicates that the consumption of wine in moderation could be beneficial for type 2 diabetes since wine helps the body in its insulin production, improves glucose metabolism and increases beneficial cholesterol (HDL) in patientsDiabeticsAlong the same lines, wine does not contain man -assimilable glucidic products, therefore, it does not cause alteration on the metabolic balance of a diabetic patient.
In this sense, the American Diabetes Association ensures that the moderate intake of wine among diabetics, always within the framework of a healthy diet, is safe, in addition to reducing heart risk.
Good prevention
In addition to helping diabetic patients, another analysis performed in Denmark and published in the magazine of the European Association for the study of diabetes discovered that moderate consumption of wine could even prevent the development of the disease, since it is associated with aLower diabetes risk due to the effect of wine polyphenols that have a protective effect that controls the amount of blood sugar.
Wine polyphenols have a protective effect that controls the amount of blood sugar
Given this scenario, Dr. Ana Treserra-Primbau, of the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology of the University of Barcelona has recalled that the wine is "a key component of the Mediterranean diet, a drink rich in polyphenols with a moderate alcoholic content.""In addition, recent studies and meta -analysis have shown that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower incidence of metabolic syndrome and its components," says this expert.This syndrome has become a public health problem by associating with a greater risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.
