2006-10-23 17:56:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Grape juice fights arterial disease - that was the headline of the Reuters dispatch referring to an article in the journal Circulation.
Grapes, like nuts, seeds, some vegetables and fruits, contain flavonoids - interesting substances that are also found in red wine and act as antioxidants. The investigators studied twelve men and three women, average age 62 years, who had known coronary heart disease. They were asked to drink Welch's 100% Concord Grapes for fourteen days - about 21 ounces or two-thirds of a quart a day. Studies were then made of the diameter of an artery in the arm and the ability of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, so called bad cholesterol) to be oxidized, a step thought to be important for LDL to get into blood vessel walls and cause arteriosclerosis.
The results showed that, after the grape juice diet, the blood vessels showed a greater ability to dilate and the LDL was more resistant to oxidation, both reactions likely to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and heart attacks.
Commentary: This is a good preliminary study. But, that is all it is; whether findings in the arm can really be directly related to blood vessels of the heart is not clear.
The authors of this study point out that the beneficial effects of red wine may not be related to the alcohol, but rather the flavonoids in the grapes used to make the red wine. The flavonoids are a complex group of chemicals with different, but often overlapping, functions. Their names are not exactly household words - querecetin (a very active antioxidant), myricetin, catechin (a powerful inhibitor of LDL oxidation), kaempferol, tannic acid. Of course, it is also true that the reported beneficial effects found in this study may be due to substances in grapes other than flavonoids.
Alcohol, in particular red wines, appears to be beneficial in reducing heart attack risk. That benefit has been ascribed primarily to raising blood levels of protective high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-good cholesterol) and diminished clotting tendencies of the blood that can be the precipitating event for a heart attack.
In this study, the grape juice did not increase the HDL levels.
The interference with LDL oxidation does appear to be an important factor in reducing the likelihood of developing arteriosclerosis, but this has not yet been definitely proven
2006-10-23 17:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by BEST ANSWERER 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spot on. The Bible mentions WINE 141 occasions...certainly not grape juice!!! Psalm104:15.."...and wine to gladden guys's hearts"....grape juice certainly not gladdened whatever. Neither Noah nor Lot received falling-down inebriated on grape juice. And there's no cause for any individual to insist that Jesus modified water into grape juice... As defined by way of Daniel-Rops in "Daily Life within the Time of Jesus"...the normal wine used to be a whole bodied deep crimson wine, wealthy in each alcohol and tannin. It used to be mostly served combined with water." To advise that once the marriage ceremony visitors at Cana had inebriated all the "BEST" wine, Jesus then provide them 'grape juice' is solely foolish. Why do tea-tottlers attempt to upload to, or difference, the bible, while it's expressly forbidden to take action????
2016-09-01 01:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing compared to the benefits of eating grapes. I go to the farmers' market every Sunday and buy the wee little champagne grapes. They are wonderful, intense little packets of sweet flavor.
Try to go with as little processing as possible in your foods. Then you will get the actual benefits. There's no way to tell exactly what is in grape juice, or whether it is old or new grape juice, etc. Eat the grapes instead.
2006-10-23 17:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
drinking grapes juice gives vitamin c .it give energy to the body.but it should be drinked only in morning with heavy breakfast .it should not be drinked in night because the citric flude can cause negative effects on body because when we sleep in night we do not work hard so the citric acid is not used up .
2006-10-23 18:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of antioxidants (flavinoids present in red grape skins, e.g.), helps your body prevent cancer and helps heart health
2006-10-23 17:57:47 · answer #5 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It helps your heart
2006-10-23 17:58:05 · answer #6 · answered by livlafluv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
antioxidants and vitamin c
2006-10-23 17:58:57 · answer #7 · answered by fan_of_the_dolphins 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u get a purple tounge !!
2006-10-23 17:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are good anitoxidants
2006-10-23 18:01:03 · answer #9 · answered by Sabine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋