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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 41468" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p>Hi Chris,</p><p>I believe that its not a case of the liver processing the carbohydrates. Blood sugar comes from primarily two sources: the carbs that you eat and the glucose that is generated by your liver (in nearly all type-2 diabetics the liver produces around 3 times more glucose than we actually need). </p><p></p><p>The carbs that you eat are broken down into glucose by the stomach and small intestine, and the alcohol doesn't significantly affect that process. You are correct in that alcohol has an impact on the liver, but what it does is to stop the liver from producing all that un-needed glucose while it deals with the alcohol. The liver removes alcohol at a rate of around 1 unit per hour.</p><p></p><p>So the answer to your question is yes (in moderation of course), but what the red wine would be doing is temporarily stopping over-production of glucose, rather than stopping metabolism of carbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 41468, member: 1338"] Hi Chris, I believe that its not a case of the liver processing the carbohydrates. Blood sugar comes from primarily two sources: the carbs that you eat and the glucose that is generated by your liver (in nearly all type-2 diabetics the liver produces around 3 times more glucose than we actually need). The carbs that you eat are broken down into glucose by the stomach and small intestine, and the alcohol doesn't significantly affect that process. You are correct in that alcohol has an impact on the liver, but what it does is to stop the liver from producing all that un-needed glucose while it deals with the alcohol. The liver removes alcohol at a rate of around 1 unit per hour. So the answer to your question is yes (in moderation of course), but what the red wine would be doing is temporarily stopping over-production of glucose, rather than stopping metabolism of carbs. [/QUOTE]
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