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Why Wine Is Good For
Your Body?
A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Neurology last week in the US
suggests that moderate wine consumption and drinking
coffee can help you live longer.
The large study on nearly 14,000 elderly
participants revealed an association between wine
consumption and a reduction in ‘all-cause
mortality'.
The researchers, Maria M. Corrada, Annlia Paganini-Hill
and Claudia H. Kawas, investigated the potential link
between intake of antioxidant vitamins, calcium, and
certain beverages and all-cause mortality.
Participants were elderly adults from the Leisure
World Cohort Study, a population-based prospective
investigation in a California retirement community.
Between 1981 and 1985, 13,979 subjects completed a
baseline mailed survey about lifestyle and medical
history.
After adjusting for age, gender, smoking, exercise,
BMI, and medical histories, alcohol intake (about a
drink a day) and the highest category of caffeinated
coffee drinking (1 cup/day) were associated with a
reduction in all-cause mortality.
"Wine appeared to be the specific type of
alcohol most responsible for the reduction,"
conclude the scientists, adding that intake of
antioxidant vitamins, calcium, or tea was not
associated with mortality.
The paper, “Intake of Antioxidant Vitamins, Calcium,
Beverages and Mortality: The 90+ Study” was
presented last week at the 56th meeting of the
American Academy of Neurology in San Francisco.
By Nutra USA Ingredients.com
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