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Red Wine Compound Procects the Prostate |
Red Wine Compound Protects the Prostate , Study Finds
A new study published online in the Journal of Carcinogenesis reported that laboratory mice fed the chemical resveratrol, a compound found naturally in red wine, developed tumors in the prostrate at a much lower rate than mice fed a normal diet. More importantly, the scientists believe that the research hold good promise for humans since the mice ingested a form of the chemical. The researchers, from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, also found the resveratrol did not harm other systems in the mice.
The scientists used 82 mice in their experiment. About one-third were fed 625 mg of resveratrol per kilogram of body weight, per day in addition to their regular diet. According to the study’s lead author, Coral Lamartiniere, a researcher at the UAB department of pharmacology & toxicology, this amount is equal to drinking about one bottle of red wine per day. After seven months, 23 percent of the control mice showed some form of prostate cancer, while only 3 percent of the resveratrol-fed mice did.
Lamartiniere said, however, that men should not drink a bottle of wine a day, as that level of consumption may be hazardous. However, Lamartiniere has already taken the study results to heart. “I drink a glass of Pinot Noir every night and take resveratrol supplements ever day” he said.
Article from “The Wine Spectator”, November 2007
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