A new study redefines the way red wine benefits cardiovascular health -- drinking about two glasses a day protects the brain from damage caused by stroke. A compound found in red grape skins and seeds, called resveratol, helps build cell resistance to free radical damage -- reducing the effects of stroke by up to 40 percent. Drinking red wine turns on a particular antioxidant system in the body that protects against nerve damage -- an enzyme in the brain, called heme oxygenase.
The Johns Hopkins University study results from testing on mice. Scientists emphasize that more testing on humans is needed to finalize results -- but they are very excited to have pinpointed the substance in red wine that benefits health.
1. My dad does this, you know, drinking two glasses each day. I think it's doing something good to him.
Posted at 2:05AM on Oct 17th 2006 by Carolynn