Are you interested in losing weight or preventing diabetes' A simple solution to this actually might be taking a glass of wine occasionally.The new study, which disproved the old theory that linked alcohol with obesity, showed that the moderate consumption of alcohol, especially wine, was more likely to protect against weight gain, while drinking spirits was positively associated with weight gain.In the study published in the journal, Nutrition Reviews, scientists claim that, although drinking heavily will mean you put on weight, having the occasional glass of wine could actually help you prevent putting on weight.The team reviewed the findings of 31 separate studies carried out between 1984 and 2010 and found that there were contradictions that meant there was no conclusively confirmation of a link between drinking and weight gain. The research, which found that previous studies on this issue focused on heavy drinking, said weight gain was more common in heavy drinkersIn addition, 'the type of alcoholic beverage might play an important role in modifying the effect of alcohol consumption on weight gain,' they declared.Previous studies had indicated that people who drink moderately are at 30 per cent less risk of developing type 2 diabetes, meaning that even obese people do not have to give up alcohol for this reason.Meanwhile, researchers also suggested the need to cut down on intake on high fat diets to prevent developing diabetes. They showed that there was a link between regularly consuming a high-fat diet and molecular activity that can be responsible for the onset and severity of type 2 diabetes.The research on both mice and humans, which was published in the journal, Nature Medicine, found a pathway that was activated in pancreatic beta cells, which then leads to metabolic defects in other organs and tissues, such as the adipose (fat), liver and muscle, hencing leads to diabetes.Pancreatic beta cells check the levels of glucose in the blood, if the glucose gets too high, beta cells absorb the extra glucose and secrete insulin as a response. The insulin then stimulates other cells to take glucose, which produces energy. For this new pathway, high amounts of fat were seen to interfere with two key factors that switch genes on and off.When mice without these factors were fed a high-fat diet, their beta cells were not able to sense and respond to glucose, and preservation of one of the functions helped block the onset of diabetes, even for animals that were obese.Unfortunately, a study, which was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, analysed dietary information of over 200,000 participants, and found that eating unprocessed meat, such as steak, hamburgers or pork chops, could increase diabetes risk by up to 20 per cent for people who consume at least four ounces per day, as compared to people who ate that amount only once a week.It is believed that the high amount of iron in red meat can increase inflammatory chemicals, which in turn can destroy insulin-producing beta cells. Also, the nitrates in the processed meats could be toxic to beta cells, and therefore indicate why such meats contributed even more to the risk.
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