Reservatrol and Heart Health
Bonnie K. Nicholson asked:
The French people and their nutritional choices pose an important question. They live long lives and have a low incidence of heart related problems. How is it they can have a diet rich in saturated fat and still maintain cardiovascular health? The key is in the red wine they consume throughout their lives everyday with meals. Reservatrol and other antioxidants such as flavonoids, researchers believe, can have promising benefits for the heart.
Studies show that not only is the antioxidant factor important in red wine but the actual alcohol has health benefits as well. It can thin the blood and result in better circulation through arteries. Improved circulation guards against stroke and heart disease. However, doctors are hesitant to recommend that anyone should begin any treatment by drinking alcohol. Small amounts of alcohol are fine; but, alcohol in excess can have disastrous effects on the liver.
Antioxidants in red wine consist of two types, the first of which is flavonoids. Flavonoids are found in many food sources such as cocoa, tea, apples, onions and oranges. At this time, the highest levels of antioxidants have been found in red wine. Nonflavonoids are also found in red wine and seem to prevent arteries from becoming clogged with fat blockages. Resveratrol falls under this category and is of particular interest to researchers.
Resveratrol is thought to be the nonflavonoid responsible in studies for reducing the build up of bad cholesterol, preventing blood clots, and preventing damage to blood vessels. This antioxidant also helps to prevent obesity and diabetes, and gives heart healthy benefits such as a reduced risk of blood clotting and risk of inflammation. Symptoms such as blood clotting can lead to heart disease and stroke.
Resveratrol supplements taken daily can lead to heart health and a decreased instance of other diseases associated with obesity.
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The French people and their nutritional choices pose an important question. They live long lives and have a low incidence of heart related problems. How is it they can have a diet rich in saturated fat and still maintain cardiovascular health? The key is in the red wine they consume throughout their lives everyday with meals. Reservatrol and other antioxidants such as flavonoids, researchers believe, can have promising benefits for the heart.
Studies show that not only is the antioxidant factor important in red wine but the actual alcohol has health benefits as well. It can thin the blood and result in better circulation through arteries. Improved circulation guards against stroke and heart disease. However, doctors are hesitant to recommend that anyone should begin any treatment by drinking alcohol. Small amounts of alcohol are fine; but, alcohol in excess can have disastrous effects on the liver.
Antioxidants in red wine consist of two types, the first of which is flavonoids. Flavonoids are found in many food sources such as cocoa, tea, apples, onions and oranges. At this time, the highest levels of antioxidants have been found in red wine. Nonflavonoids are also found in red wine and seem to prevent arteries from becoming clogged with fat blockages. Resveratrol falls under this category and is of particular interest to researchers.
Resveratrol is thought to be the nonflavonoid responsible in studies for reducing the build up of bad cholesterol, preventing blood clots, and preventing damage to blood vessels. This antioxidant also helps to prevent obesity and diabetes, and gives heart healthy benefits such as a reduced risk of blood clotting and risk of inflammation. Symptoms such as blood clotting can lead to heart disease and stroke.
Resveratrol supplements taken daily can lead to heart health and a decreased instance of other diseases associated with obesity.
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Future Medical Insurance Premiums Lowered If We Look After Our Hearts
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Medical insurance companies are often paying out for treatment for heart conditions. In fact, it is up there at the top with cancers in being one of the biggest factors that will bring down British people. Without medical insurance, sufferers are often subjected to lengthy waits for treatment on the National Health Service.
However, there is good news. Scientists have discovered a drug which cuts death from a common heart problem by almost a third. Atrial fibrillation is a disorder of the heart rhythm but ‘Multaq’ has been shown to reduce the incidents of this claiming lives by up to thirty per cent.
This medical condition affects 700,000 Britons but the recent advancement in its treatment is the first in twenty years. The fast and erratic heartbeat of patients needs stabilising to avoid angina and heart failure. It is the upper chambers of the heart that are out of rhythm and causes the heart to beat up to twice its normal speed.
Another complication of this condition is the fact that it causes tiny blood clots to form and these can lead to strokes, another topper on the medical insurance claims. At best, previous treatments involved the use of digoxin which successfully slows the heart beat but cannot regulate it and death rates remained the same. Drugs to thin the blood followed by minor electric shocks to restore normal rhythm are also used.
This drug is considered a huge breakthrough because it is having positive effects on all those that are trialling it, without side effects. More than 4,500 patients from 33 countries have trialled the effectiveness of Multaq over a year and this is when it was discovered that cardiovascular deaths were greatly reduced among the group. Quality of life is greatly improved for all those taking the drug and life time expectancy is greatly increased. It is hoped there will be a license for using this drug as early as next year.
If this is something of a warning to those who are concerned about their heart health, or for those who would like to keep the cost of their medical insurance premiums down, there is even more good news as to how we can look after ourselves. Drink red wine.
A chemical found in the skin of red grapes contains resveratrol, an anti-aging compound. This has been captured and put into pill form and has received the backing of the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. In fact, GSK bought out the company that made the drug for £361 million.
The drug was tried in lengthy tests on mice and it was found that they lived longer, were almost immune to the effects of obesity and rarely get diabetes, cancer or Alzheimer’s. It was also found that if the rodents were subject to starvation diets they could even extend their life by up to thirty per cent. It is believed this is because starving the body activates a gene known as sirtuin, a survival gene.
These discoveries are hoped to bring about more treatment for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimers. The same scientists have also found that flavanoids in blueberries and other fresh fruit interact with nerve cells and stimulates the re-growth of brain cells.
So, it would seem that while scientists are doing their best to find the elixir of life, it will always pay to look after our bodies to enable them to continue working as long as possible. And if this includes eating tasty food with the occasional glass of red wine then who am I to argue?
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Medical insurance companies are often paying out for treatment for heart conditions. In fact, it is up there at the top with cancers in being one of the biggest factors that will bring down British people. Without medical insurance, sufferers are often subjected to lengthy waits for treatment on the National Health Service.
However, there is good news. Scientists have discovered a drug which cuts death from a common heart problem by almost a third. Atrial fibrillation is a disorder of the heart rhythm but ‘Multaq’ has been shown to reduce the incidents of this claiming lives by up to thirty per cent.
This medical condition affects 700,000 Britons but the recent advancement in its treatment is the first in twenty years. The fast and erratic heartbeat of patients needs stabilising to avoid angina and heart failure. It is the upper chambers of the heart that are out of rhythm and causes the heart to beat up to twice its normal speed.
Another complication of this condition is the fact that it causes tiny blood clots to form and these can lead to strokes, another topper on the medical insurance claims. At best, previous treatments involved the use of digoxin which successfully slows the heart beat but cannot regulate it and death rates remained the same. Drugs to thin the blood followed by minor electric shocks to restore normal rhythm are also used.
This drug is considered a huge breakthrough because it is having positive effects on all those that are trialling it, without side effects. More than 4,500 patients from 33 countries have trialled the effectiveness of Multaq over a year and this is when it was discovered that cardiovascular deaths were greatly reduced among the group. Quality of life is greatly improved for all those taking the drug and life time expectancy is greatly increased. It is hoped there will be a license for using this drug as early as next year.
If this is something of a warning to those who are concerned about their heart health, or for those who would like to keep the cost of their medical insurance premiums down, there is even more good news as to how we can look after ourselves. Drink red wine.
A chemical found in the skin of red grapes contains resveratrol, an anti-aging compound. This has been captured and put into pill form and has received the backing of the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. In fact, GSK bought out the company that made the drug for £361 million.
The drug was tried in lengthy tests on mice and it was found that they lived longer, were almost immune to the effects of obesity and rarely get diabetes, cancer or Alzheimer’s. It was also found that if the rodents were subject to starvation diets they could even extend their life by up to thirty per cent. It is believed this is because starving the body activates a gene known as sirtuin, a survival gene.
These discoveries are hoped to bring about more treatment for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimers. The same scientists have also found that flavanoids in blueberries and other fresh fruit interact with nerve cells and stimulates the re-growth of brain cells.
So, it would seem that while scientists are doing their best to find the elixir of life, it will always pay to look after our bodies to enable them to continue working as long as possible. And if this includes eating tasty food with the occasional glass of red wine then who am I to argue?
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New Heart Health Findings–red Wine for God’s People
Jason Witt asked:
When you receive the Seal God will take away from you the tendency to drink unworthily of Jesus Christ. So you will be able to enjoy drinking red wine in moderate amounts for the health benefits like heart health shown in a new study.
In November 2007 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a new study showing that after a month of drinking two glasses of wine each day, women had less inflammatory substances in their blood.
The researches looked at how wine may affect inflammation. Inflammation happens when the body responds to injury. Two major health risks–obesity and smoking–are two stressful things that cause inflammation in the body.
Although they do not cause as much inflammation as an injury, they cause enough constant low-level inflammation to build up plaque in the artery walls, according to the theories of researchers.
And it is believed that inflammation makes arteries more susceptible to rupture leading to blood clots which could cause heart attacks. Plaque and heart attacks are definitely two things you want to avoid.
These studies show how wine, and red wine in particular, may help heart health in a new way not known before now. Many studies have shown that wine drinkers tend to have lower incidences of heart disease than those who do not ever drink.
And research has shown that wine drinking raises good HDL cholesterol, which is one explanation for the lower rates of heart disease among wine drinkers. but is not the whole picture.
Researchers in this new study say they want to figure out just exactly how wine protects the heart. That way they can prove that there is a direct link between wine and heart health.
Studies have shown wine drinkers have better heart health, but wine may not be the reason. Wine drinkers may have a better diet or get more exercise or something else known to be a direct link to heart health.
In this study, 35 healthy women were taken, who were regular moderate wine drinkers. Each woman spent a month eating a heart-healthy diet without any wine at all.
Then followed a month of drinking a glass of red wine with 2 meals. Then a month of white wine followed the red wine. After the month of red wine their good cholesterol raised and inflammatory substances lowered.
Of course red wine had more of this good effect on the women than white wine. Red wine has more polyphenols which are the antioxidants famed to be found in it, and these may be what is reducing inflammation.
When you receive the Seal God will give you the ability to drink moderately–to truly drink to your health. More women die of heart disease each year than men, so anything to help heart health is needed.
If you have had trouble with drinking excessively and binge-drinking you may not feel you are able to drink red wine in moderate amounts. Of course you do not have to drink red wine for your health.
You could always drink green tea and get similar antioxidants. That will help your health too. But God wants you to break free of your addictions where you drank in an unworthy manner, and He will give you complete freedom from them when you receive the Seal.
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When you receive the Seal God will take away from you the tendency to drink unworthily of Jesus Christ. So you will be able to enjoy drinking red wine in moderate amounts for the health benefits like heart health shown in a new study.
In November 2007 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a new study showing that after a month of drinking two glasses of wine each day, women had less inflammatory substances in their blood.
The researches looked at how wine may affect inflammation. Inflammation happens when the body responds to injury. Two major health risks–obesity and smoking–are two stressful things that cause inflammation in the body.
Although they do not cause as much inflammation as an injury, they cause enough constant low-level inflammation to build up plaque in the artery walls, according to the theories of researchers.
And it is believed that inflammation makes arteries more susceptible to rupture leading to blood clots which could cause heart attacks. Plaque and heart attacks are definitely two things you want to avoid.
These studies show how wine, and red wine in particular, may help heart health in a new way not known before now. Many studies have shown that wine drinkers tend to have lower incidences of heart disease than those who do not ever drink.
And research has shown that wine drinking raises good HDL cholesterol, which is one explanation for the lower rates of heart disease among wine drinkers. but is not the whole picture.
Researchers in this new study say they want to figure out just exactly how wine protects the heart. That way they can prove that there is a direct link between wine and heart health.
Studies have shown wine drinkers have better heart health, but wine may not be the reason. Wine drinkers may have a better diet or get more exercise or something else known to be a direct link to heart health.
In this study, 35 healthy women were taken, who were regular moderate wine drinkers. Each woman spent a month eating a heart-healthy diet without any wine at all.
Then followed a month of drinking a glass of red wine with 2 meals. Then a month of white wine followed the red wine. After the month of red wine their good cholesterol raised and inflammatory substances lowered.
Of course red wine had more of this good effect on the women than white wine. Red wine has more polyphenols which are the antioxidants famed to be found in it, and these may be what is reducing inflammation.
When you receive the Seal God will give you the ability to drink moderately–to truly drink to your health. More women die of heart disease each year than men, so anything to help heart health is needed.
If you have had trouble with drinking excessively and binge-drinking you may not feel you are able to drink red wine in moderate amounts. Of course you do not have to drink red wine for your health.
You could always drink green tea and get similar antioxidants. That will help your health too. But God wants you to break free of your addictions where you drank in an unworthy manner, and He will give you complete freedom from them when you receive the Seal.
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