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Without exaggeration, alcoholic drinks offer nutrients and help prevent diseases

21/01/2013

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Question worth a million: alcohol is good for health? He was in doubt? The correct answer is: it depends. Contrary to what is assumed, beverages containing alcohol in the composition, especially beer and wine are rich in nutrients that can help prevent disease. But as a magic potion, the secret is in the amount. If a glass contributes to the body, get drunk is practically poison.

Both beer and wine are sources of polyphenols, antioxidant compounds that fight free radicals. The beer also contains vitamin B9, known as folic acid.

- The levels of folate found in beer 100ml freshly brewed were equivalent to about 10% of the recommended for adults and can be an adjunct to food ideal daily intake of the nutrient, if consumed in moderation - explains the food engineer Ana Cecilia Poloni Rybka, Embrapa, which analyzed various types of drink during doctorate at Unicamp. - The beer without alcohol showed similar levels of folate, which can be ingested by pregnant women to prevent the formation of defects in the fetus, such as anencephaly, neural tube defects, spina bifida and cleft lip.
Among the wines, the red is the most beneficial to health due to the presence of anthocyanin, an antioxidant pigment that gives color to red grapes.

- Worldwide, is the recommended intake of a glass of wine at every meal - underscores the winemaker Aline Telles Camarao Biasoto also Embrapa.

A sip for liver cells
Proving that everything has a good side and a bad, even to the liver, who would say, a modest dose of alcohol is beneficial. Studies by Helma Cotrim hepatologist, Federal University of Bahia, which showed a little bit of alcohol decreases insulin resistance and thus helps prevent a change in hepatocytes called steatosis (fat accumulation).

- The fat accumulated in the cells causes an inflammation and then their death. If left untreated, steatosis may even evolve into a nonalcoholic cirrhosis - says Helma Cotrim.

For this purpose, the ideal would be to drink a glass of beer a week or a small glass of wine a day, the doctor suggests.

Pressure control
At the Federal University of São Francisco Valley, a recent study with hypertensive rats and alcohol-free wine proved the power of polyphenols to regulate blood pressure. According to pharmaceutical and researcher Melissa Black Dellacqua, the results indicate that the benefit should be the same in humans.
The good news is that the version of the alcoholic beverage is also full of these compounds, such as resveratrol, tannins, quercetin, catechin and epicatechin, found in grape skins.
 


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