Posted on 07/28/2023 6:35:03 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Could muscadine wine help perk up sagging skin? According to a new study, women who drank two glasses of dealcoholized muscadine wine daily showed significant improvements in the elasticity and water retention of their skin compared with those who consumed a placebo.
The study is the first time scientists have studied the impacts of nonalcoholic wine consumption on skin health in a randomized clinical trial. Researchers attribute the beneficial effects to chemical compounds called polyphenols that naturally occur in many plants.
Muscadine grapes are native to the Southeastern United States and are commonly used to make wine. Previous clinical trials have suggested that polyphenols found in muscadine wine including anthocyanins, quercetin, and ellagic acid can help to decrease inflammation and oxidative stress.
For the study, researchers recruited 17 women age 40–67 and randomly assigned them to drink either dealcoholized wine or a placebo beverage that looked and tasted similar but did not contain polyphenols. Participants consumed 300 milliliters or about 10 ounces (the equivalent of two glasses of wine) of their assigned beverage daily for six weeks, then took a three-week break before switching to the opposite beverage for six weeks.
Researchers found that drinking muscadine wine significantly improved skin elasticity (a loss of elasticity is what causes skin to sag more as we age). In addition, the wine was associated with a decrease in water loss at the skin surface, a measurement that indicates the skin is providing a more effective barrier against damage.
The researchers did not see any significant difference in the amount of wrinkles on the skin. Participants showed improvements in skin smoothness and less evidence of inflammation and oxidative stress compared to baseline, but there was not a significant difference in these factors between dealcoholized muscadine wine and the placebo.
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Know any alcoholics?
How do they look?…
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I wonder if all the other benefits of grapes are taken in with the drinking of the dealcoholized, or if too much gets destroyed in the fermenting and then dealcoholization processes? I never really enjoyed wine, but if it provides benefits without the alcohol, it would be worth it to drink instead of the soda junk I do.
Been drinking blueberry smoothies lately every day. Haven’t really noticed any improvements in anything, but trust that it is doing some good.
I enjoy the taste of scuppernong wine.
Keep it up with the blueberries.
They were shown to grow neurons in the brain, concerning balance.
Do you have to drink it? Or can it be applied topically?
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Yep. We’ve been drinking it for about a year now- we throw in other fruit too .ike bananas, cherries, peaches etc, but main bulk is blueberries and Greek yogurt
Watermelon wine
Tom T Hall
I’ve had muscadine ice cream. Yum!
Available at Mississippi State University. Unfortunately they do not ship their ice cream.
bronze scuppernong is about the most delicious grape on the planet
unfortunately it does not grow in my area (I've tried)
Nasty grape of the vine, but great as vino. They grow wild here in Florida.
https://studyfinds.org/muscadine-wine-aging-skin/
yep, always a catch in the details.
Study authors did not note any significant differences in the amount of wrinkles on the skin.
also wrinkles stayed.
“Also, most commercially-available muscadine wine contains alcohol.”
Wine is at least 7% alcohol.
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