How much wine is good for a diabetic?
A. Ideally, your wine consumption should conform to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations a maximum of two 100 ml servings of wine for men and not more than 100ml for women. Current research suggests that regular and light to moderate consumption of wine by a diabetic with a meal may also reduce your overall risk of cardiovascular disease. This is related to the positive effect of alcohol on your body’s metabolism of glucose and insulin, and on your plasma concentration of high density lipoprotein (HDL), which increases the removal of cholesterol from your body. Conversely, the heavy consumption of alcohol will worsen the effects of diabetes, such as significantly increasing your fasting plasma concentration of fats, such as triglycerides. Remember, wine contains sugar. Low sugar or dry’ varieties of wine are recommended for diabetics. These include still and sparkling styles, and also dry sherry, but not sweet or medium dry/sweet sherry and not a
