Low Glycemic Alcoholic Beverage?

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What is the low glycemic index alcoholic beverage?

Lifetime Fat Loss Answers:

All alcoholic beverages elevate your blood sugar but the easiest on your metabolism is wine. Drinking good wine in moderation is the best way to consume alcohol because it is the healthiest alcoholic beverage for you. It shouldn't be a problem as far as managing your weight if you drink it with food.

The reason that alcohol can be fattening is because when the insulin is secreted it is rapidly stored as fat. All alcoholic beverages metabolize quickly in the human body. In general, they are not as problematic as high glycemic foods in terms of fat storage unless you drink on an empty stomach. The worst are the alcoholic drinks mixed with coke, fruit juice or sodas, even gin and tonic. When you're having a drink avoid the salty carbs like chips and crackers. When you eat protein/fat foods like cheeses, nuts or sliced lean meats with the drinks it reduces the glycemic impact. Beer is probably the worst of the alcoholic beverages as far as being high glycemic because it contains alcohol and maltose (a very high glycemic carbohydrate.) Beer loves to store in the fat cells which is why so many beer drinkers get a "beer belly."

Wine is easiest on human metabolism and the high quality wines are the best of these metabolically speaking. This is because of the difference in how wines are fermented. Red wine actually reduces cholesterol. Alcohol, at least good wine, is beneficial to your health in moderation. According to American medical experts that would be one glass of wine a day for a woman and two for a man. The French recommend no more than 1/2 liter of wine per day. Good wine in moderation increases oxidation of the essential fatty acids which decreases platelets in the arteries.