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Moderate consumption of alcohol beneficial on insulin and triglyceride levels in nondiabetic women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 6th, 2002

Nondiabetic postmenopausal women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol can reduce insulin concentrations and improve insulin sensitivity, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Michael J. Davies, PhD, and David J. Baer, PhD, of the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether daily consumption of low-to-moderate amounts of alcohol influences fasting insulin and glucose concentrations and insulin sensitivity in healthy, nondiabetic, postmenopausal women.

The researchers conducted a randomized controlled...

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