Are Grapes The New Superfood

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Ever heard the saying food is medicine ? well which ever way you look at it the food you eat makes you what you are, if you eat too much fatty food it can clog your liver up, and start the initial stages of cirrhosis of the liver. So it is quite important to eat the right foods not only from a weight loss point of view, but also a health point of view some of the antioxidants contained in foods. Can actually prevent cell damage and prolong your overall lifespan.

Recent research has come to light regarding the fruit grapes rats were fed grapes, and the grapes were found to lower their blood pressure and also improve overall heart function.And they were also fed a salty diet just to see what difference would be between the two, sets of rat’s were used in the study and were fed powder from grapes one group was fed high salt.

While the other one was fed a low salt additive as well as the grape powder, the results were compared after 18 weeks, and rats that ate the lower salt alternative had far better heart function and blood pressure measurements.

Than the ones who high salt content and no grapes in their diet, the researchers put their findings down to some flavonoids that are found in green tea, cocoa and tomatoes also. The grape powder comprised about three percent of the rats diet.

So for all was that would equate to about nine servings of grapes per day, it’s amazing what actual benefits there are to eating natural foods I sometimes do wonder if we wasn’t eating all this junk that is available to us, that some of us wouldn’t contract some of the diseases that we have with us now such as diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure etc.

After all when you think about it we are putting unnatural substances in our bodies, which in our primaeval years we wouldn’t have done. Raw food seems becoming a big thing these days this begs the question that do we really need to cook our food ?.

Is it just the case that microwave ovens and cookers are just being sold because people think that they need them, just to keep the economy going as cookers themselves can be quite expensive items to buy.

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