Posted on 06/12/2009 10:08:13 PM PDT by Schnucki
An ingredient of red wine really is a 'wonderdrug', claim scientists, after research suggested it kills cancer cells and protects the heart and brain from damage.
Researchers claim moderate drinking of red wine appears to reduce "all causes of mortality" and protects people from age-related disorders such as dementia, diabetes and high blood pressure.
They said that the key ingredient appears to be resveratrol which in small doses acts as an antioxidant protecting organs but in larger quantities kills dangerous cancer cells.
"The breadth of benefits is remarkable – cancer prevention, protection of the heart and brain from damage, reducing age-related diseases such as inflammation, reversing diabetes and obesity, and many more," said Professor Lindsay Brown of the University of Queensland.
The conclusions were drawn by Professor Brown and her team after a "mini review" of a number of recent studies about the health benefits of red wine published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
The biochemists said that red wine appears to contain a number of antioxidants - naturally-occurring protective compounds - which are good for your health but that resveratrol was the most powerful.
They concluded that it "shows therapeutic potential" for cancer and heart disease and may aid in the prevention of age-related disorders that affect the brain and the body.
The ability to protect healthy cells but kill diseased ones was still puzzling scientists, the study claimed, but they said the most likely explanation was low concentrations "activate survival mechanisms of cells while high concentrations turn on the inbuilt death signals in these cells".
But the researchers warned that moderation was the key as too much drinking causes multiple organ damage.
Professor Stephen Taylor, also at the University of Queensland, said that resveratrol is the "compound du jour" and that its beauty was that it is
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Wouldn’t Grape Juice do the same thing?
I’ll get some red wine for my beach trip. I hope it works. :^)
Doubt it, fermentation has a big impact on antioxidants. Not to mention it just tastes better fermented. :->
I think it comes from the grape skins, which are not there in the juice. I think the wine making process includes pulverizing the skins, and that’s how the wine gets the goos stuff.
Jesus was on to something.. Wine is good juice. :->
Why wouldn’t you get it by eating grapes?
I always wondered why winos lived to be like... 50 sometimes.
RESVERATROL is the effective ingredient. It chelates out
free iron and blocks absorption. It is the extra iron that causes the heart attacks and downstream metabolic disorders.
10,000 bottles of wine worth of resveratrol in one tablet huh.
Surely such a quantity can’t have any ill effects, can it???
PING - Sure wish I liked wine.
I take this stuff three times a day. http://www.lef.org/resveratrol/
> Jesus was on to something.. Wine is good juice. :->
Plus he multiplied bread and fish. The bread must be whole wheat and fish is excellent for eyesight with omega 3. HE knew how to eat right..:)
I’d rather die than drink wine!
Grape juice would include some of the good stuff, but apparently, the fermentation process, combined with skins and alcohol clean up the circulatory system from plaque and act as a antioxidant.
Other “adult” beverages have similar properties but not at the same level as red wine.
JJ61
The blood of Christ. Praise be to Jesus.... and all that jazz.
Plus he multiplied bread and fish. The bread must be whole wheat and fish is excellent for eyesight with omega 3. HE knew how to eat right..:)
Amen. Jesus also said that He is the living water. You will never died of thirst with Him. He is Amazing!!!
“Take a little wine for thy stomach’s sake...”
God knows what he’s talking about. Thanks science. /s
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