Posted on 11/24/2006 9:05:06 PM PST by neverdem
My wife is diabetic, we didn't drink, my wife controls her blood sugar through diet rather than drugs, lately her blood sugar was creping up in the mornings, she has started having a glass of wine with dinner and it has help her blood sugar.
Somebody's really pushing the wine drinking stuff lately! Could it be the wine industry?
But - for those that cannot drink alcohol for one reason or another - you still get resveratrol in Bilberry supplements - which has been used in the same problems of diabetes, eye ailments, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, high blood pressure, macular degeneration, and sickle cell anemia - just to mention a few things.
Do a Google search on resveratrol and you will find it says: Resveratrol was found in varying amounts in bilberry.
You can also get bilberry from grape skins - which is also in supplements - a safer source for some people.
Perhaps flavinoids and anthocyanidins, but the bilberry is related to blueberries and cranberries.
Yep. Bacchus and Venus go side by side.
From the higher resveratrol dose [similar to what was given to the research mice] you might grow a mouse tail, or even [god forbid!] become a RAT.
I remember being a tourist in the Alps and going on a hike with this French tour guide named Manuel. We Americans were gasping and panting and falling behind him in the thin oxygen of the mountains, and he was just striding along, smoking cigarettes and drinking red wine out of his flask. Every so often, he'd turn, notice that half the group had collapsed about a quarter mile back, and say, "Oh... We take a break now, yes?
Beware about your wife being prescribed a sulfonylurea, e.g. Diabeta, Micronase, etc., in the future. Alcohol and sulfonylureas don't mix.
Bilberry is a rich source of quercetin, a bioflavonoid that helps strengthen capillaries. Studies have shown that quercetin and other flavonoids modify anti-inflammatory responses, prevent LDL oxidation and platelet aggregation, and promote the relaxation of cardiovascular smooth muscle. These actions may help to prevent cardiovascular conditions such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, and arrhythmia...
Moreover, the berries from this low-growing deciduous shrub native to northern Europe are packed with Resveratrol, a natural antioxidant with anti-inflammatory, anti-tumorigenic, and immunomodulatory actions. Resveratrol is both chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic...
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:o5nQjX2-CVMJ:www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/nov2006_aas_01.htm+resveratrol+in+Bilberry&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
All this time I've been drinkin' the white stuff. I coulda been a contendah...
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