I just read this really interesting info about wine, Atkins and carbs.



"Where carbs and sugars normally RAISE your blood sugar level (causing those spikes and perpetuating the problem), alcohol acts to LOWER your blood sugar level. The importance of blood sugar is that, when the pancreas sees you have too much sugar in your system, it starts releasing insulin to bind with those sugars and get them into your cells for storage until "later". But again, while most carbs cause that blood sugar level to go up, alcohol is actually a case where the blood sugar levels drop. So while you might want to keep wine out of your diet for the first two weeks on the Atkins and other low-carb diets, be sure to enjoy it after that! The USDA lists carb values of 0.8g to 1.8g for each glass of wine. The wine will help your meals taste better, will bring you many other health benefits, and its blood-sugar lowering effect might nicely counteract any extra little carb-treats you give yourself."
This is the link:

http://wine.about.com/library/weekly/aa061603.htm


Wine is something I have not had since I started Atkins and it is something I truly miss. I was wondering if anyone else drinks wine on Atkins and what they think of this fellows thoughts on the carb counts. He makes some really interesting points.