March 3 (UPI) —<\/span> Drinking alcohol,with meals, particularly wine, may reduce a person’s risk for Type 2 diabetes, a study presented Thursday during the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022 found.<\/p>\n Consuming alcohol with meals was associated with a 14% lower risk for Type 2 diabetes compared with alcohol intake without eating, the data showed.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n The benefits of alcohol drinking with meals in terms of Type 2 diabetes risk were most pronounced among the participants who drank wine, as opposed to other types of alcohol, the researchers said.<\/p>\n “The effects of alcohol consumption on health have been described as a double-edged sword because of its apparent abilities to cut deeply in either direction — harmful or helpful, depending on how it is consumed,” study author Dr. Hao Ma said in a press release.\n<\/p>\n “In our study, we sought to determine if the association between alcohol intake and risk of type 2 diabetes might differ by the timing of alcohol intake with respect to meals,” said Ma, a biostatistical analyst at the Tulane University Obesity Research Center in New Orleans.\n<\/p>\n “Previous studies have focused on how much people drink and have had mixed results. Very few studies have focused on other drinking details, such as the timing of alcohol intake.”<\/p>\n In this analysis of health data for more than 312,000 current regular drinkers in Britain, about 8,600 developed Type 2 diabetes.\n<\/p>\n “Clinical trials have also found that moderate drinking may have some health benefits, including on glucose metabolism,” Ma said.<\/p>\n “The message from this study is that drinking moderate amounts of wine with meals may prevent Type 2 diabetes if you do not have another health condition that may be negatively affected by moderate alcohol consumption,” he said.<\/p>\n Still, the relationship between alcohol consumption and Type 2 diabetes risk remains controversial, according to diabetes specialist Dr. Robert H. Eckel, who was not involved in the study.\n<\/p>\n “These data suggest that it’s not the alcohol with meals but other ingredients in wine, perhaps antioxidants, that may be the factor in potentially reducing new-onset type 2 diabetes,” said Eckel, a past president of the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n “The results suggest that if you are consuming alcohol with meals, wine may be a better choice,” he said.<\/p>\n Past research has linked alcohol consumption with short- and long-term health risks, including motor vehicle crashes, violence, sexual risk behaviors, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, breast cancer, liver disease, depression, suicide, accidents and alcohol abuse and alcoholism.\n<\/p>\n These health risks increase with the amount of alcohol an individual drinks increases, according to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n For some cancers and other health conditions, the risk increases even at very low levels of alcohol consumption — fewer than one drink daily, the association says.<\/p>\n Because of these health risks, both the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that adults who do not drink alcohol should not start.<\/p>\n Adults who drink alcohol regularly should talk with their doctors about the benefits and risks of consuming alcohol in moderation, they advise.<\/p>\n Moderate drinking is defined as one glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage daily for women and up to two glasses daily for men, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n However, some people should not drink at all, including women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, people under age 21 years and people with certain health conditions, they add.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drinking wine with meals may lower a person’s risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. 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\n<\/div>\nDrinking wine with meals may lower a person’s risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. File photo by Billie Jean Shaw\/UPI<\/p>\n