Grape Juice for a Healthy Heart
I just saw this ad (click for a larger image) for Welch’s American Concord Purple Grape Juice that claims it helps promote a healthy heart.
Concord grape juice flavonoids may promote healthy arteries.
Preliminary research suggests that flavonoids may function in ways other than as antioxidants in the body. First, some initial studies showed that the flavonoids in Concord grape juice promoted the flexibility of arteries, which is important to allow increased blood flow when needed, such as during exercise, shoveling snow, and climbing stairs. Second, additional preliminary studies suggest that these flavonoids may also help reduce the stickiness of the blood, which in turn helps maintain the free flow of blood through the arteries.
I bought some pomegranate juice the other day but just couldn’t bring myself to drink much. I’m a water kind of gal. What do you like to drink?
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4 opinions for Grape Juice for a Healthy Heart
angelo
Oct 16, 2006 at 4:05 am
I always tell myself that if I were to drink only one beverage for the rest of my life it would ice cold water. Yum!
but I like orange juice, grape juice, mango juice, iced tea and the occasional beer… did I say beer?! hehe
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
Oct 19, 2006 at 10:10 am
angelo: It’s funny but ice cold yummy water is actually hard to come by! :)
Eating Fabulous
Feb 15, 2007 at 3:29 pm
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Eating Fabulous
Oct 15, 2007 at 8:17 am
[...] something for teetotalers out there: a new study indicates that not only does Concord grape juice stimulated an arterial relaxation effect in a similar fashion to red wine, in fact it even induced a prolonged relaxation effect that [...]
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