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Benefits and Efficacy of Grape for Health - Red grape proved to have a "million" benefits. One of the most sought after properties are able to make a diligent person consuming it becomes ageless. Because grape is a high source of antioxidants and rich in potassium to prevent premature aging. In addition, the grape is believed to prevent infectious diseases like influenza.
"Grape juice is believed to prevent and help cure some illnesses such as influenza virus infection," said Prof. Ali Khomsan,
health nutrition experts from the Department of Community Nutrition, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in a discussion of "Grapeas a Source of Energy and Stamina is
Healthy" organized PT Star Toedjoe - Extra Joss beverage manufacturers, in Jakarta, recently.
The grapes are included in the family Vitaceae and Vitis genus. Nearly round shape with grape skins are dark red
fruit, green, golden yellow, or purple, and coated with flour. The flesh has a sweet and sour taste, and a lot of water content. The dominant type of acid in grape is maleic acid and citric acid. Causes of sweet taste in grape is the high levels of glucose and fructose.
Prof. Ali Khomsan added, various studies show, pycnogenol grape seed contain collagen as an amplifier for the flexibility of blood vessels (anti aging) and skin of grape was rich in flavonoids with a higher antioxidant
power than Vitamin C. Not only that, his own grapes rich in potassium to control blood pressure.
"Overall grapes contain a lot of benefits. Savor's other grapes, is to overcome fatigue and hypoglycemia due to its natural sugar content is very high, especially in the form of glucose and fructose," he said.
Khomsan recent data in France show that reveals the number of coronary heart disease 50 percent lower than other countries in the world. After investigation, the French turned out like a good meal, followed by drinking grape. As alluded to grape can be intoxicating, quoting Khomsan nutritionist Melissa S Garcia. "Drinking good grape, but note that the accompanying alcohol or not," he explained.
The benefits of grape have been widely studied previously. In 1870, health experts Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, prescribe grape for various diseases. For healing, he only prescribes eating grapes with a particular dose. According to The George Mateljan Foundation, the grape also has nutritional value that is extraordinary. Every 100 grams of grapes at least 25 components of the nutrients needed by the body. Call it the calcium, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C, and thiamin.
Mineral content in grape has health benefits for the body such as manganese. Substance was indispensable in the synthesis of energy so the body can help maintain stable blood sugar. Manganese is also necessary for the metabolism of body fat and connective tissue and bone formation.
Grapes contain a carotenoid called lycopene, and high. Both chemicals are widely recognized ability to inhibit various diseases of the body. The content of antioxidants in grape has been widely believed as the protector of cells from free radicals cause degenerative diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and some diseases of aging.
Grape has many health giving properties due to the chemical content in it, one of which flavonoids. Flavonoids are phytochemical compounds that provide color purple in grapes. Flavonoids can prevent oxidation of LDL (bad cholesterol) 20 times more powerful than vitamin E, which is known as a natural antioxidant.
"Red grape is also very good to eat people with high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia). The content of saponins in the grapes. Very useful to inhibit and prevent the absorption of cholesterol in the blood," he said.
The content of vitamin C, B6, C and B1 in grape is also high with exceptional properties for the body. Vitamin C fruit grape can enhance immunity and wound healing. B6 content of the grape is also very important for the brain to function normally.
Grape skins also contain resveratrol which is an important source of flavonoids, including catechin, quercetin, prosianidin, and anthocyanins. Resveratrol is found in most of the skins of grapes. The study concluded last few years, resveratrol could probably help youth and prevent cancer.
In addition, the grape is proven to assist women in preventing pain from breast cancer treatment. The doctors at the Institute of Cancer Research show that the antioxidants in grape may protect against radiation fibrosis, which is hardening of tissue around the breast as a result of radiotherapy that it feels very painful. This condition is experienced by thousands of women around the world each year.
Through laboratory tests, grape juice proved able to stop production of the hormone estrogen in cells. Recent studies using mice that were planted tumor cells showed that rats fed 0.5 ml of grape juice for five weeks, the tumor size only a third of the mice not given the grape juice.
Furthermore Khomsan say, eating grapes can be done by eating the fruit directly. "But it can also be in the form of juice or via powder (extract) derived from real fruit juice," he said.
However, it is common knowledge kind of grapes, including fruit that expensive for most people in Indonesia. The price of a kilogram of grapes can reach tens of thousands of dollars. Thus, not all levels of society can taste the wine.
Senior Brand Manager PT Bintang Toedjoe, Fanny Kurniati states, so that all levels of society can consume wine, it provides the original grape juice extract.
This native grape juice, said Fanny, has received strict oversight Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) even uses the international standard. But unfortunately, grape-shaped fruit extract raw materials are imported from Brazil. "Indonesia does not have the technology extracts," he explained. (Tri Wahyuni)
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