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Red Wine Helps Kick-Start Good Digestion |
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Red Wine Helps Kick-Start Good Digestion
Portuguese
study finds the beverage triggers chemical reactions inside the stomach
Source:
Wine Spectator
Jacob
Gaffney
Posted:
October 14, 2009
Red
wine not only goes well with a nice meal, it helps the stomach convert
potentially harmful chemicals into less dangerous molecules before they're
circulated in the body, according to a new study slated to be published in an upcoming
journal of Toxicology. A team of Portuguese researchers found that specific
polyphenols in red wine trigger the release of nitric oxide, a chemical that
relaxes the stomach wall, helping to optimize digestion.
According
to co-author Dr. João Laranjinha, an associate professor at the Center for
Neurosciences and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, the
research bucks current theory. Since the 1990s, many researchers have believed
that many of wine's observed health benefits are due to the antioxidative
properties of polyphenols. Studies have found wine appears to counteract
deleterious, oxidative injury to the body's molecules and cells, as with
chronic, inflammatory conditions such as atherosclerosis, a condition in which
fatty material collects along the walls of arteries.
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Red wine ingredient is a 'wonderdrug' |
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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.
Source:
Daily Telegraph
By
Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Published:
7:00AM BST 12 Jun 2009
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.
Old
age begins at 27 as mental powers start to decline, scientists find.
"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.
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Organic Wine
What’s the Deal?
By Tucker Dean
Based on what we can plainly see in the general marketplace, and according to folks who know about these sorts of trends, interest in organic products (including wine) is just beginning. For a long time, organic products drew a few, highly typical customers – mostly vegetarians and back to nature sorts, true aficionados of natural products. Nowadays, organic products appeal to a much broader segment of the population that, contrary to common belief, is not only made up of only the usual suspects.
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