Health Benefits of Red Wine Continue to Impress
As more and more research is done into resveratrol, scientists continue to be amazed at the good effects it has on mammals. Dr David Sinclair, one of the US researchers that took part in the study involving mice that was recently published in Nature, said:
“The ‘healthspan’ benefits we saw in the obese mice treated with resveratrol, such as increased insulin sensitivity, decreased glucose levels, healthier heart and liver tissues, are positive clinical indicators and may mean we can stave off in humans age-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, but only time and more research will tell.”
As part of the test, overfed mice just over a year old were split into two groups, with one group receiving doses of resveratrol, the polyphenol commonly found in red wine. That group outlived the other by three to four months. The untreated mice also displayed characteristics that would indicate the onset of diabetes in humans, and displayed diminished coordination and motor skills.
Read [theage.com]
December 8th, 2006 at 10:57 am
[...] In the 4 weeks ending November 18th, wine sales surged after the announcement that overweight mice that were given resveratrol where able to run longer and outlive those who weren’t. Red wines accounted for a record 52.4 percent of table wine dollar sales in food, drug and liquor stores as measured by ACNielsen in the four weeks ending Nov. 18, compared with just less than 50 percent in the immediately preceding four-week period, and 51 percent in the comparable year-ago time frame. [...]
January 1st, 2007 at 8:11 am
cool
February 10th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
This is great news! It’s important to keep researching things like this. It’s amazing what science can do and how it improves health! Thanks for the great post. It feels good to see scientific progress being made to help society. Good luck and take care!
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