Close X
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
ADVT 
Interesting

Cheers! Red Wine Can Offset Effects Of High Fat Diet

Darpan News Desk IANS, 14 May, 2016 11:52 AM
  • Cheers! Red Wine Can Offset Effects Of High Fat Diet
Giving red wine lovers a new reason to celebrate, researchers have found that an compound in this drink could help counteract the negative impact of high fat/high sugar diets.
 
The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, point to the health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and consequently in red wine.
 
In previous animal studies, resveratrol has already shown to increase the life span of mice and slow the onset of diabetes. In one study, it mirrored the positive effects of aerobic exercise in mice, which were fed a high fat/high sugar diet.
 
For the current study, J.P. Hyatt, associate professor at Georgetown University and his team of researchers fed a control group of rhesus monkeys a healthy diet and another group a high fat/high sugar diet, half of which also received a resveratrol supplement and half of which did not. 
 
The researchers wanted to know how different parts of the body responded to the benefits of resveratrol - specifically the muscles in the back of the leg.
 
Three types of muscles were examined: a "slow" muscle, a "fast" muscle and a "mixed" muscle. The study showed that each muscle responded differently to the diet and to the addition of resveratrol.
 
The soleus muscle, a large muscle spanning from the knee to the heel, is considered a "slow" muscle used extensively in standing and walking. 
 
Of the three lower hind leg muscles analysed for this study, the soleus was the most effected by the high fat/high sugar diet and also most effected by the resveratrol supplements. This may be partially due to the fact that, on a daily basis, it is used much more than the other two muscles.
 
The plantaris muscle, a 5-10 cm long muscle along the back of the calf, did not have a negative response to the high fat/high sugar diet, but it did have a positive response to the addition of resveratrol. The third muscle was not affected by the diet or addition of resveratrol.
 
While these results are encouraging, and there might be a temptation to continue eating a high fat/high sugar diet and simply add a glass of red wine or a cup of fruit to one's daily consumption, the researchers stressed the importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasised. 

MORE Interesting ARTICLES

Budweiser Becomes 'America.' Drink Up. Or Not

Budweiser Becomes 'America.' Drink Up. Or Not
Budweiser, now owned by Belgium's AB Inbev, will rename its beer "America" this summer and alter its labels with images and phrases affiliated with the republic.

Budweiser Becomes 'America.' Drink Up. Or Not

New bilingual children’s book captivates, educates and dazzles

New bilingual children’s book captivates, educates and dazzles
Nurtured and nuzzled • Retainers and petted , is designed specifically for bilingual education starting at an early age in a fun and entertaining way.

New bilingual children’s book captivates, educates and dazzles

Dating Website Offers To Pair Canadians, Americans Fleeing A Donald Trump Presidency

Dating Website Offers To Pair Canadians, Americans Fleeing A Donald Trump Presidency
A new dating website is offering to pair Americans with Canadian singles to save them from a Donald Trump presidency.

Dating Website Offers To Pair Canadians, Americans Fleeing A Donald Trump Presidency

Parents Choose To Break Daughter's Leg Three Times A Day For Four Months To Avoid Amputation

Parents Choose To Break Daughter's Leg Three Times A Day For Four Months To Avoid Amputation
The young couple had to make the awful decision to have their four-year-old's leg broken a total of 300 times over four months - that's three times a day 

Parents Choose To Break Daughter's Leg Three Times A Day For Four Months To Avoid Amputation

Handless Seven-year-old Girl Wins US Handwriting Contest

Handless Seven-year-old Girl Wins US Handwriting Contest
Anaya Ellick from Chesapeake, Virginia, does not use prosthetics. To write, she stands to get the proper angle, holding a pencil between her arms.

Handless Seven-year-old Girl Wins US Handwriting Contest

China Bans 'Erotic' Banana-Eating Live Streams

China Bans 'Erotic' Banana-Eating Live Streams
Chinese live-streaming services have banned people filming themselves eating bananas in a "seductive" fashion.

China Bans 'Erotic' Banana-Eating Live Streams