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Wine is one of the Portuguese’s favorite drinks and there are few national tables where wine takes a backseat. Whether red, white or rosé, there are wines for all tastes, but you also need to take some care when it comes to drinking alcoholic beverages. Furthermore, many diabetics wonder whether or not consuming wine and other drinks containing alcohol are harmful to their health.
More than acting as a cause for the development of diabetes, alcohol consumption can affect glycemic control, which is an essential step in controlling the disease, as reported by the Diabetes 365 degrees portal. Despite the health risks of alcohol, diabetics can drink wine, as long as they do so in controlled quantities.
In addition to warning that it is important for diabetics to take into account whether or not they have other diseases, the same source recommends consuming less than 14 units of alcohol per week, trying to space out intake as much as possible throughout the week, both to men as women. This means you should consume no more than six medium glasses of wine per week.
In the case of drinks, such as whiskeythe recommended amount of consumption per week is much lower, since the whiskey has a high alcohol content.
In any case, the portal’s advice is that all diabetics should check with their family doctor about possible implications that wine consumption may have on managing the disease.
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