A study reveals that piceatannol, found in wine, blocks fat cells from developing
Does drinking wine make you lose weight? Yes, it does. The answer may seem surprising, but scientists at Purdue University (Indiana, USA) have carried out a study proving that a red wine compound helps to lose weight.
It is piceatannol, an antioxidant similar in structure to resveratrol. The researchers from the above North American university discovered in 2012 that this compound is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop. Since then, new lines of research, related to obesity control and focusing on this compound present in red wine, have been opened.
The idea is using piceatannol in order to delay adipose cell formation, as well as to prevent those cells already formed from growing and developing. It is estimated that drinking a glass of wine a day reduces by up to 30% the probability of suffering from obesity; this would be caused by the action of piceatannol.
Apart from being beneficial in order to prevent obesity, a moderate consumption of red wine provides some other benefits to our health. Flavonoids, antioxidant molecules also present in red wine, help us to protect against cardiovascular diseases, particularly against myocardial heart failure and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries caused by plaques of cholesterol deposits). Numerous studies show that the consumption of a glass of wine a day considerably reduces the possibility of suffering from this type of disease.
Of course, these studies highlight that a daily excessive wine consumption is more damaging than beneficial. So… red wine? Yes. Everyday? Yes. One or two glasses? Yes. Abusing wine? Never.
Further information about the study by the University of Purdue on this link
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