What are the benefits of moderate drinking?

Dilating blood vessels, improving blood circulation and drinking alcohol in moderation are actually beneficial to health.

In the seventeenth century, severe alcoholism was considered as one of the causes of diabetes. 1930 years later, it was found that alcohol can cause hypoglycemia in normal people and diabetic patients. Alcohol and diabetes do have a special relationship, but what are the disadvantages of drinking alcohol for diabetics? Should I not drink at all? Let's discuss it together.

The disadvantages of excessive drinking

Alcohol can be promiscuous, and drunken accidents emerge one after another. In addition, its influence on the body is endless, such as:

1. inhibits glycogen production and causes hypoglycemia.

2. Produce ketone bodies, causing ketoacidosis, and diabetic patients may even cause ketoacidosis coma.

3. Increasing the blood concentration of triglycerides will increase the incidence of pancreatitis, and the mortality rate is quite high.

4. It is related to the incidence of breast cancer.

5. Aggravate gastritis and liver disease.

6. Addiction, mental disorder, etc.

Excessive drinking is not allowed when you are sick.

The benefits of moderate drinking

There is generally no clear definition of moderate drinking, which varies from person to person, from race to mood. And so on, but it is generally believed that the amount of alcohol suitable for a day varies with different types, which is roughly as follows, and can be regarded as moderate drinking.

Daqu, sorghum liquor, bamboo leaf green, and double deer acanthopanax bark: 30 to 60 CC.

Whiskey, brandy and ginseng wine: 40 to 80 ml.

Rice wine: 35 to 70 ml.

Yellow rice wine, carved flowers, red dew, Shaoxing:100-2000 ○ cc.

Wine: 120 to 240ml.

Taiwan beer: 250 to 500 ○○CC.

Many studies have pointed out that moderate drinking is beneficial to cardiovascular diseases, and it can reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular obstruction (namely myocardial hypoxia and myocardial infarction) through the following functions.

1. Increase the concentration of high-density cholesterol.

2. Increase the thrombolytic ability.

3. Reduce platelet aggregation.

Diabetes and moderate drinking

The chronic complications of diabetes are not only small vascular diseases (such as neuropathy, nephropathy and fundus diseases), but also large vascular diseases. Myocardial hypoxia and myocardial infarction are one of the main causes of death, so controlling blood sugar and blood pressure has become a top priority. And drinking? What are the disadvantages or benefits of drinking by diabetics?

Alcohol can cause fasting hypoglycemia, and hypoglycemia may occur when drinking a small amount, especially when taking hypoglycemic drugs. Therefore, the premise for diabetics to drink alcohol is "never on an empty stomach", and it is generally suggested that the appropriate time is to have a drink after meals.

Drinking after meals is different from drinking on an empty stomach. On the contrary, it will increase the resistance of peripheral insulin, stimulate the decomposition of liver sugar, and cause postprandial hyperglycemia. Patients with poor blood sugar control, especially those with high risk of hyperglycemia, are more likely to cause diabetic acidosis. Therefore, diabetic patients with poor blood sugar control are not advised to drink alcohol before or after meals.

In addition, some people are not suitable for drinking, so don't try it rashly. For example, pregnant women, patients with chronic liver disease, patients with a history of pancreatitis or gastritis or hypertriglyceridemia, and other chronic patients who take drugs for a long time can only drink moderately under the supervision of doctors' advice.

conclusion

For diabetic patients without special contraindications, moderate drinking can indeed reduce and prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases under the premise of good blood sugar control (such as glycosylated hemoglobin below 7%) and not drinking on an empty stomach, but please be sure to drink alcohol in moderation with the assistance and guidance of doctors to avoid danger.