yes, and lots of mostly coloured chemicals in red and orange and green and purple colours, and no coincidence these all help you tolerate the high sugar levels

look up the "paradox" of the red wine and heart disease thing...

it's because there is minimal sugar in red wine and lots of the red and purple and orange chemicals in it, reservatrol is one of the famous ones but there's all kinds in there, and they make a huge difference

and alcohol itself triggers insulin reaction, where sugars can overwhelm it and cause it to become unresponsive

you and this other guy are probably less than 40 years old... the effects of high blood sugar take a long time to turn into disease and then it's REALLY hard to reverse