Resveratrol, an antioxidant found in red wine, grapes , raspberries, peanuts, and other plants, can detox you body and can defend against the threat of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. Antioxidants in general also help with the detoxification process. Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. When the body becomes less sensitive to insulin, that’s called insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes.

Sun and Qiwei Zhai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai concluded; “If the findings apply to people, it might be possible to create new resveratrol drugs that could be a “valuable new strategy for treating insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes,” write the researchers. But don’t count on a glass of wine to do the same thing. It would take quite a bit of wine to reach the same level of resveratrol. It is not ideal to drink a lot of alcohol if you are trying to prevent type 2 diabetes or during a body cleanse. “According to the findings, people might need to drink about three liters of red wine each day to get sufficient resveratrol—about 15 milligrams—for its biological effects,” Zhai says in a news release. You can find resveratrol in most detox supplements in the health food store.

This is one of the many studies emerging about the amazing health benefits of resveratrol. The most important part of this study is that the research shows that you can not just drink a glass of wine or eat a piece of chocolate to receive the healing Antioxidants needed to treat or prevent disease, detox your body and prevent insulin resistance. This is why supplementation is so important.