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Monday, February 28, 2011

Heart Healthy Wine

Wine is a nutritious beverage, and many health benefits. These drinks can lower blood cholesterol, reduce weight, able to ward off cancer, and create a healthy heart.

Wine including alcoholic beverages produced from fermented fruits. The most common fruit used as raw material for making wine is a fruit wine. Other fruits, such as plum, elderberry, and black currants can also be used.

The grapes are naturally can produce wines with the best quality, even without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, and other nutrients. Types of wine used as raw material for wine is a European wine, Vitis vinifera. Additionally, wine can also be made from the species Vitis labrusca, Vitis aestivalis, Vitis muscadinia, Vitis rupestris, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis riparia and thriving in North America.

Wine made from fruit other than grapes known as fruit wine or country wine. Wine can also be made of starch such as barley wine, rice wine, and sake (Japanese special drink). There are also wines made from the distillation of the so-called brandy.

Wine Type
The word wine comes from old English, that is a win, which means "victorious". In ancient times, the drink is used as a drink for the king's honor. Until now the wine is often used to celebrate a momentum or success, or the new year.

The origin of wine is thought to originate from Europe and popular all over the world due to exploration. This drink is also often referred to as beverage Missionary because wine is also used in the celebration of the eucharist embraces Catholicism.

Largest wine producer in the world is France, followed by Italy, Spain and the United States. China is also one of the top ten wine producing countries of the world.

There are many types of wine. However, the most popular are the red wine (red wine) and white wine (white wine). Red wine made from red grapes are fermented with the skin. Red wine is usually served with red meat or spaghetti. Meanwhile, white wine can be made from any color grapes because the skins are separated wine during the fermentation process.
 

White wines are usually sweeter taste and served with white meats, seafood, and poultry. Rose wine is also one of the famous types of wine. The color is pink like a rose.

Sparkling wine, like champagne, is a type of wine that contains carbon dioxide. To produce this sparkling wine, grapes must be fermented twice. This drink is most often served during a formal dinner party or wedding. Sparkling wine can be red wine, white wine or rose wine.

Some traditional wines in Europe, including sparkling wines such as sekt or schaumwein (Germany), cava (Spanish), spumante or prosecco (Italy). Additionally, also known as a fortified wine with sugar for a sweeter, one of brandy.

In addition, there are table wines that are categorized as mild wine. In Europe, table wine alcohol limit from 8.5 to 14 percent. Dessert wine is one wine that is also quite popular in Asia because it tastes sweet. Wine is classified as dessert wine port wine, sweet sherry, tokaji (Tokay), sauternes, and muscatel. Aperitif wines are also quite popular and are usually consumed before eating meat to strengthen the flavor.

Nutrient Composition
In the wine bottle labels usually include the names of origin of manufacture and year of manufacture. Area home-making to determine the type of grapes used. The older the age of a wine, quality wine produced is also getting better. This is because the longer the storage, the wine will continue to experience the process of fermentation. Alcohol content in wine ranges from 14-20 percent.

Judging from the composition of nutrition, wine including beverages which have a good nutrient content. Energy content in wine varies widely, depending on the species, which is between 50-160 g. kkal/100 Energy on the wines generally come from carbohydrates, especially sugar. Wine contains no fats at all, so do not worry about being overweight due to consumption of wine in a fair amount every day.

Significant mineral content in wine are: potassium (between 80-112 mg/100 g), calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium. Sodium content in wine is generally low, except in the cooking wine.

Cooking wine should not be used for cooking for people with hypertension because the sodium content is quite high, ie 626 mg per 100 g. Vitamin levels in wine are generally present in very low numbers, do not even contain vitamin C at all.

Protect the Heart, Prevent Cancer
Red wine is most popular. In addition to the attractive colors, red wine has incredible benefits. Many myths which states that drinking wine can boost the immune system, so avoid the various diseases. This evidence led to the nickname given as a French wine Paradox.

In France, the number of patients with coronary heart disease is much smaller than the population of the United States, even the smallest compared to other European countries. In fact, French people eat more fat and smoking, and relatively less mobile. The researchers linked this phenomenon with the habits of French people who like red wine in everyday life.
 

Sebuah penelitian di Eropa menunjukkan bahwa wine merah mengandung senyawa fenol yang lebih tinggi dari wine putih. Fenol atau flavonoid merupakan antioksidan yang sangat kuat, sehingga mempunyai efek kardioprotektif (melindungi jantung dari serangan radikal bebas).

Flavonoid dapat mencegah oksidasi LDL (kolesterol jahat) 20 kali lebih kuat daripada vitamin E. Flavonoid terbukti mempunyai efek biologis yang sangat kuat sebagai antioksidan, menghambat penggumpalan keping-keping sel darah, merangsang produksi oksidasi nitrit yang dapat melebarkan pembuluh darah, dan juga menghambat pertumbuhan sel kanker.

During fermentation of red wine, complex flavonoid compounds break down into simpler, thus more readily absorbed than that found in fresh fruit. The presence of alcohol (10 percent) in the wine making stable flavonoid content.

According to research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the second compound contained in wine is quite promising for preventing cancer. Research conducted by Agnes Rimando of the Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, Mississippi, shows that compounds found in wine pterostilbene (terro-STILL-bien).

This compound has the ability to prevent cancer is just as powerful as resveratrol, an antioxidant compound in grapes that had already been discovered. Pterostilbene also showed strong inhibition against breast cancer in cells.

Resveratrol in wine is one component of which is very useful. Based on several published studies, resveratrol is very beneficial for maintaining heart health.

A study conducted by Gary Meszaros and Joshua Bomser from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, showed that resveratrol could inhibit angiotensin II, a hormone that can cause high blood pressure and heart attacks.

Resveratrol is also a good anti-cancer agent to prevent prostate cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and breast cancer. A publication in The Journal of Applied Toxicology, July 2003, indicate that resveratrol can reduce component benzopyrene which is a cancer-causing free radicals.
A publication of Life Science, August 2003, indicate that resveratrol can inhibit tumor cell proliferation and metastasis. FASEB Journal from the U.S. also showed very beneficial resveratrol can inhibit the growth of cancer-causing cell death. The content of resveratrol in red wine to reach 1.5 to 3 milligrams per liter.

A publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2005, shows that red wine may reduce Alzheimer's disease. This is because the content of resveratrol in red wine that can reduce levels of amyloid-beta peptides (Abeta). A publication in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2006 showed that red wine can increase blood flow to the brain by 30 percent.

Besides resveratrol, French researchers also managed to find acutimissin component A in red wine which is the anticancer. Acutimissin A ellagitannin polyphenols belonging to the class.

A study showed that acutimissin A can inhibit enzymes that have activity as cancer cells. Acutimiisin A has the potential of 250 times better at inhibiting cancer cells compared to anti-cancer drug VP-16. In addition, red wine also contains the hormone melatonin. This hormone can help calm the mind, so that one can sleep more soundly.

Lower Cholesterol and Weight Loss
Compared with red wine, white wine is less popular. The chemical composition of white wines that are beneficial to the body is not as good as red wine. In white wines there are no resveratrol and quersetin which is characteristic of grapes.

The process of making white wine is not made with grape skins, whereas in fact the most polyphenols exist in grape skin. Amino acid content of histamine and tannins in white wines were also lower than red wine.

However, white wine is not alcohol drinks without any benefits. Some studies even show a white wine is much better for health than red wine. A study conducted by Prof. Dr. J. Keul and Dr. D. König of the University of Freiburg showed that consumption of white wine can significantly reduce LDL cholesterol, fibrinogen, and blood sugar.
    

Weight loss can be reduced up to 1.7 pounds if you eat white wine for 4 weeks. According to Drs. Jung et al of the University of Mainz, white wine more effectively lower blood pressure compared with red wine. Based on research at the University of Buffalo, white wine is very useful to prevent lung cancer, more effective than red wine.

Although the antioxidant content of white wine a little more than red wine, the effectiveness of antioxidants in white wines also proved better than red wine. A study of The Jordan Heart Research Foundation showed only red wine can reduce free radicals in the body up to 15 percent, while white wine by 34 percent.

According to Drs. Troup from Monash University, Australia, antioxidant molecules in white wine than red wine is smaller, thus more easily absorbed by the body. That's what causes even though the antioxidant content of white wine a little more, its effectiveness is better than red wine.

Although wine has amazing benefits, consumption should not be excessive. Besides causing dependence, alcohol content in wine can also cause liver disorders and high blood pressure. Excessive consumption of wine can also cause migraines.
  

    

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