4.06.2008

Wine & Carbs

Drinking white wine with a high-carbohydrate meal reduces the postmeal rise in blood sugar levels. Although only white wine has been studied, the effect is expected to be similar for red wine. Wine lowers the meal's glycemic index by 37%, probably because it's high acidity helps slow digestion-so sugar does not enter the bloodstream as quickly. Keeping blood sugar under control can help prevent diabetes and heart disease.
(Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD, professor of human nutrition, University of Sydney, Australia, and leader of a study of alcohol consumption with meals, published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Qutoed from Bottom Line Personal Volume 29 Number 8)
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Van said...

Good news. But something there is a bit odd: "probably because it's high acidity helps slow digestion-so sugar does not enter the bloodstream as quickly"

On its face, this does not sound right. The contents of the stomach are already extremely acidic, due to the production of hydrochloric acid which serves as a primary mechanism in digestion. The addition of a small amount of comparably weak acid should not increase the overall acidity of the stomach contents. Regardless, intuitively, it would seem that an increase in acidity would speed up, not slow down, digestion.

But maybe I'm wrong...

Fri Aug 29, 10:08:00 AM 2008

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