A recent study has indicated that moderate wine drinking could actually promote weight loss and even help to prevent weight gain.

But at the same time the Spanish researchers have warned that it is possible for heavy drinkers to experience weight gain and abdominal adiposity (fat around the middle) more than light drinkers. The type of alcoholic beverage might also play an important role in modifying the effect of alcohol consumption on weight gain.” The researchers observed that more research needs to be carried out to understand the role of different types of alcoholic beverages because a pint of lager contains about 200 calories which is twice as many as in a glass of wine.
The scientists have linked heavy drinking to weight gain but not regular drinking. These results suggest that the frequent consumption of small amounts of alcohol is the optimal drinking pattern associated with a lower risk of obesity.
The study has been reviewed by the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research and has been published in the journal Nutrition Reviews.
The data provided by this research cannot be accepted without an argument. For one thing, many people who are heavy drinkers would have started off as light or moderate drinkers. To recommend moderate drinking in order to stave off diabetes or metabolic disorders is not a suggestion that can be easily bought.
Another point to consider is that most heavy drinkers have other risky habits such as smoking, excessive eating or lack of exercise. These studies have not touched upon these factors thus making it inadequate.
Source-Medindia