Red Wine and Diabetes Health:

It was an unexpected pleasure to be invited to write a Perspectives in Diabetes article considering the propo-sition that moderate consumption of red wine provides health benefits for people with diabetes. At the outset, I want to make clear that since Perspectives in Diabetes are not review articles in the conventional sense, this one does not exhaustively analyze the effects of beer, hard liquor, or alcohol per se on health. This one is all about wine, especially red wine. This is an important point because of the intrinsic psychic influences of wine. Beer is associated with boisterous behavior at sporting events. Hard liquor is associated with serious drinking and dark moods. Wine, on the other hand, is associated with re-laxation, reflection, celebration, conviviality, toasting, and a certain amount of dry humor. So, in this spirit