TEXTO:
Alcohol is the Goldilocks of the nutrition world. Too
much can be destructive to your health, raising your
blood pressure and your risk of developing several kinds
of cancer. Too little may hold you back from some of the
{5} benefits that moderate drinkers enjoy, like lower incidence
of cardiovascular disease, mortality and type-2 diabetes.
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev in Israel wanted to look at how safe and effective
it is for a specific group of people — those with
{10} well-controlled type-2 diabetes and who had a low risk
for alcohol abuse — to drink moderately. People with
type-2 diabetes are more likely than the general
population to develop cardiovascular disease and have
lower levels of heart-protective HDL cholesterol, the
{15} authors note.
They chose 224 people who fit this profile, and who
didn’t drink wine currently, then assigned them to start
drinking one of three things. At dinner, the people in the
study were told to drink five ounces of one of the following
{20} beverages: mineral water, dry white wine or dry red wine.
Under the guidance of dietitians, they also followed a
Mediterranean diet without calorie restrictions — and
kept it up for two years.
Intermittently, they took questionnaires and were
{25} subjected to follow-ups, including blood draws at the
start of the study, six months in and at 24 months, so
the scientists could look at biomarkers of glycemic
control, lipids and liver function.
They found that the red wine drinkers had
{30} significantly increased their levels of good HDL cholesterol
and had a more beneficial cholesterol ratio compared to
the group that drank water. They were also the only group
to experience a significant drop in components of
metabolic syndrome. People who drank either red or
{35} white wine also reported better sleep quality than the
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev in Israel wanted to look at how safe and effective
it is for a specific group of people — those with
{10} well-controlled type-2 diabetes and who had a low risk
for alcohol abuse — to drink moderately. People with
type-2 diabetes are more likely than the general
population to develop cardiovascular disease and have
lower levels of heart-protective HDL cholesterol, the
{15} authors note.
They chose 224 people who fit this profile, and who
didn’t drink wine currently, then assigned them to start
drinking one of three things. At dinner, the people in the
study were told to drink five ounces of one of the following
{20} beverages: mineral water, dry white wine or dry red wine.
Under the guidance of dietitians, they also followed a
Mediterranean diet without calorie restrictions — and
kept it up for two years.
Intermittently, they took questionnaires and were
{25} subjected to follow-ups, including blood draws at the
start of the study, six months in and at 24 months, so
the scientists could look at biomarkers of glycemic
control, lipids and liver function.
They found that the red wine drinkers had
{30} significantly increased their levels of good HDL cholesterol
and had a more beneficial cholesterol ratio compared to
the group that drank water. They were also the only group
to experience a significant drop in components of
metabolic syndrome. People who drank either red or
{35} white wine also reported better sleep quality than the
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
They chose 224 people who fit this profile, and who
didn’t drink wine currently, then assigned them to start
drinking one of three things. At dinner, the people in the
study were told to drink five ounces of one of the following
{20} beverages: mineral water, dry white wine or dry red wine.
Under the guidance of dietitians, they also followed a
Mediterranean diet without calorie restrictions — and
kept it up for two years.
Intermittently, they took questionnaires and were
{25} subjected to follow-ups, including blood draws at the
start of the study, six months in and at 24 months, so
the scientists could look at biomarkers of glycemic
control, lipids and liver function.
They found that the red wine drinkers had
{30} significantly increased their levels of good HDL cholesterol
and had a more beneficial cholesterol ratio compared to
the group that drank water. They were also the only group
to experience a significant drop in components of
metabolic syndrome. People who drank either red or
{35} white wine also reported better sleep quality than the
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
Intermittently, they took questionnaires and were
{25} subjected to follow-ups, including blood draws at the
start of the study, six months in and at 24 months, so
the scientists could look at biomarkers of glycemic
control, lipids and liver function.
They found that the red wine drinkers had
{30} significantly increased their levels of good HDL cholesterol
and had a more beneficial cholesterol ratio compared to
the group that drank water. They were also the only group
to experience a significant drop in components of
metabolic syndrome. People who drank either red or
{35} white wine also reported better sleep quality than the
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
They found that the red wine drinkers had
{30} significantly increased their levels of good HDL cholesterol
and had a more beneficial cholesterol ratio compared to
the group that drank water. They were also the only group
to experience a significant drop in components of
metabolic syndrome. People who drank either red or
{35} white wine also reported better sleep quality than the
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
group that drank water, and the researchers found no
significant adverse effects with any group.
(It’s worth making it explicit that those who drank
alcohol, drank just one glass per night, with meals.)
Disponível em: diabetes/>. Acesso em: 12 out. 2016.
Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). About the people who took part in the research mentioned in the text, it’s correct to say:
( ) They had to go on a very strict diet.
( ) All of them were not likely to have problems with alcohol abuse.
( ) They were told to drink wine together with lots of mineral water every night.
( ) They had blood tests three times during the experiment. The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
( ) They had to go on a very strict diet.
( ) All of them were not likely to have problems with alcohol abuse.
( ) They were told to drink wine together with lots of mineral water every night.
( ) They had blood tests three times during the experiment. The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
