The following report and study was made by the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Journal of Food Chemistry. It is yet another finding that red wine grape (and green tea) polyphenols — in this case Epicatchetin (EGCG) — provide significant health benefits, and that it is more than just Resveratrol that provide these benefits:

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Resveratrol & EGCG Help Regulate Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics

Red wine has been shown to protect people from heart disease, even when they follow a diet high in saturated fat, and the healing powers of tea are becoming the stuff of legend. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have shown that these beverages may hold promise for regulating the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes.

Results have been published in the Journal of Food Biochemistry. Researchers include food scientists Kalidas Shetty, Young-In Kwon and Emmanouil Apostolidis.

“Levels of blood sugar, or blood glucose, rise sharply in patients with type 2 diabetes immediately following a meal,” says Shetty. “Red wine and tea contain natural antioxidants that may slow the passage of glucose through the small intestine and eventually into the bloodstream and prevent this spike, which is an important step in managing this disease.”

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