A toast to your good health – Red wine uncorked as a secret to a long healthy life!
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Researchers have discovered that a key component of Red Wine, the antioxidant Resveratrol, an ingredient already known to be good for the heart and fighting cancer can also prevent inflammation, a chief cause of many chronic illnesses.
Now a new study has found the antioxidant resveratrol blocks two key proteins to stop inflammation which plays a major role in arthritis, diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome.
A researcher from the latest study at the University of Glasgow said: “Strong acute inflammatory diseases such as [infections like] sepsis are very difficult to treat and many die daily due to a lack of treatment”.
The scientists now aim to develop new treatments from their findings.
Resveratrol has previously been found to help lower the risk of lung cancer, protect against colon and prostate cancers, improving cholesterol and fight ageing.
Whilst a daily glas of Red wine after a heavy meal could be considered constitutional, the truth is one can not obtain sufficient resveratrol merely from drinking red wine. An entire bottle only contains about 7 mg whereas the studies at Harvard and other institutions used over 300mg.
Those seeking an alcohol free way of taking Resveratrol, should look to Solgar’s Resveratrol capsules which provides 100mg of Resveratrol per capsule.
Welcome to Our special August Holiday season special edition of The Health Diva. Our holidays are precious; making sure we stay healthy on holiday is a sure fire way to have a holiday to remember for all the right reasons.