2008 - Bordeaux Wine
A Little Red Wine Could Take You A Long Way!
Longevity interests a lot of people who aren't ready to give up their lives, just yet, and who look to healthy alternatives to culturally defined eating patterns and "health care."
The benefits of drinking wine have been touted for a while and are thought, by some, to be the reason why the French can get away with eating a high fat diet while enjoying a low rate of coronary disease.
A few years ago, a study by French research team also found that men who regularly drank at least two glasses of wine daily were 50 percent less likely than non-drinkers to suffer a second heart attack.
Previous studies with yeast, a small species of worm, and fruit flies have shown that resveratrol -- a polyphenol antioxidant found in grapes, especially red grapes, and particularly pinot noir grapes which are grown in northern latitudes and used in wines coming from New York, Washington, and Oregon -- is a life-extending compound.
In a new study from Italy, resveratrol has been used to increase the life span of a short-lived breed of tropical fish by more than 50%. Not only did fish given resveratrol in their food live longer than the control group, they stayed livelier as they aged and displayed better memory in stimulus/response tests. And the neurons in their brains didn't decay as quickly when they died and were dissected.
Resveratrol, an organic compound contained in the skins of grapes that protects them from disease, is extracted from grapes by the wine making process. The wine becomes a preservative for the resveratrol and prevents its oxidation.
That's why drinking grape juice or eating raisins doesn't have the same effect; the resveratrol has neither been extracted nor preserved. It's also been shown that resveratrol in food supplements oxidizes upon exposure to air and loses its effectiveness.
Red wine may truly be a "wondrous drug!"
Other studies have shown that wine, especially red wine, can help prevent colds, increase the levels of HDL (good) cholesterol, lower the risk of Alzheimer's, reduce the size and number of fat cells in the body, reduce the risk of prostate cancer, and has anti-inflammatory properties to boot.
Drug companies are trying to copy resveratrol, but might not be able to preserve it's health-preserving benefits. Besides, resveratrol is freely available in red wine and not patentable as such.
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Dr. Lawrence Stepanowicz is a Doctor of Naturopathy and writer on health topics. You can find more information on good health in practice at his website and blog, http://practicalhealth.net.
About the Author
Dr. Lawrence Stepanowicz is a Doctor of Naturopathy and writer on health topics. You can find more information on good health in practice at his website and blog, http://practicalhealth.net.
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A Little Red Wine Could Take You A Long Way!
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Headlines on Bordeaux Wine
Bordeaux posts strong UK growth despite French export slump (Decanter.com)
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:59:50 PDT
Bordeaux exports to the UK doubled in value last year as the region's exports continue to grow.
Investing in (Hic) Liquid Assets
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:26:02 PDT
As Wall Street teeters toward collapse, investors are turning to more tangible investments like precious metals and commodities. So, why not put your money into wine? According to Food & Wine, a series of wine investment funds -- similar to mutual funds -- have cropped up for investors seeking to cash in on rising prices of Bordeaux. In fact, wine may be particularly attractive right now due to its "noncorrelation to other asset classes" (meaning wine prices are unaffected by the mortgage
Portable and Somewhat Potable (Reviewing Volute's New Single Serving Wines)
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:03:56 PDT
It's not often that one receives three small (187 ml) aluminum shatterproof bottles of French wine in the mail. Even for someone who is used to getting media samples of wine, this was a first. So when a package arrived for me from Volute Wine, containing three bottles of their new "single-serve premium wine" from the Bordeaux AOC in France... well, there was no way wasn't going to review them... What's in a name? In the case of Volute, I'm not sure. Volute either means curl, spiral, or mollusk
Video blogger Gary V is wild about wine (Miami Herald)
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:02:01 PDT
Gary V arrives in South Florida with a major strike against him. He's a loud, enthusiastic (did I say loud?) New York Jets fan. He's a Jersey boy, and no shrinking violet. He calls himself the Mother Teresa of wine. Others call him its Howard Stern -- without the nudity (as far as I know).
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