Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Yes Sandy I wish I liked wine as it would help quite a few problems at once, However......... Cappie, Yup... if you don't like it, you don't like it. I was just telling my husband how many problems it helps -- good for your heart, good for your blood sugar, and now someone says it helps her arthritis. I wonder if it's just the red wine that does all that -- I think it is, which is good for me, as I'm not overly fond of white wine. Glad garlic is good for you too, as I love that too, and thankfully, my husband does too :-) Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 While I was visiting my sister I read a bunch of the People's Pharmacy columns she had saved for me. Several spoke about soaking raisins in gin and eating 12 of them a day for the relief of arthritic pain. Well, wine is made from grapes, as are raisins, and both it and gin contain alcohol. However, white wine is made from grapes too. It may not have resveratrol, the heart healthy compound, but I am sure it too can be used for lowering morning bgs and, maybe, helping inflammation. And, in my opinion, a nice white, like zinfandel, tastes better. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 In a message dated 9/25/04 2:43:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, whimsy2@... writes: > >That would only work for type2. With type 1s there's just too much >variability, alas.> >>>>>>> It's interesting should say this, as I heard just the same thing from a type 2 about type 1s recently. The theory behind the predictability of type 1s being that they produce no insulin, so must always inject, and once they know the variables in terms of food eaten and amounts and carb makeup and GI and GL, the injection will always produce the same result for the same food. Type 2s on the other hand, the argument goes, usually produce at least some insulin, and some produce quite a lot, though it varies, and Tye 2s have varying insulin resistance throughout the day, so therefore it's impossible to have any predictability to their results. I'm not saying that this thinking is definitely correct as I really have no idea, but is there any science to show whether type 1s or type 2s have more variability in their control issues? I do know that for me, a type 2 who has no idea of how much insulin she is producing, I can find no sure thing measurements. I cannot say definitively that if I eat xyz, I need q amount of insulin since the results are far from uniform. Some days, I need quite a bit more than other days. Also, one unit of insulin doesn't always have the same lowering effect, even at the same time of day, on a day to day basis. At best it's a guarded guess looking for an average. Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 That would only work for type2. With type 1s there's just too much variability, alas. Vicki RE: red wine/garlic > That would be an interesting experiment. Eat the same food > two days in a row, only changing the wine from red to white, > to see if there is a difference in effect. > > Sandy > > > However, white wine is made from grapes too. It may not > have > resveratrol, the heart healthy compound, but I am sure it > too can be > used for lowering morning bgs and, maybe, helping > inflammation. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 However, white wine is made from grapes too. It may not have resveratrol, the heart healthy compound, but I am sure it too can be used for lowering morning bgs and, maybe, helping inflammation. And, in my opinion, a nice white, like zinfandel, tastes better. Helen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I sure agree about the taste Helen, but I do find there is a difference in what it does for my morning FBS. However, hubby made a mistake this week and brought home Pinot Blanc instead of Pinot Noir and he cannot have alcohol on his present drug regimen, so it is up to me to use it up <grin> Last night's supper was left over sag paneer and half a Swanson Carb-Meter entree of Tandoori chicken with a nice glass of the pinot blanc. Two hours pp I was a 4.3!!!!! Fearing a liver dump, I finished off the sag paneer <Big Grin> Of course I still had the usual few onces of pinot noir at bedtime. CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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