Eat grapes to stop worrying about illness

Many peoples around the world have the custom of eating grapes at the beginning of the new year to have a healthy and prosperous year. In Cuba, on New Year's Eve, each person eats 12 grapes and 12 people drink a glass of wine together.

Many peoples in the world have the custom of eating grapes at the beginning of the new year to have a good and healthy year. In Cuba, on New Year's Eve, each person eats 12 grapes and each 12 people drink a glass of wine to the sound of the clock. Italians eat grapes so that in the new year they "will do many things and will be rich". In Spain, on New Year's Eve, when the clock strikes once, they take a grape seed and put it in their mouth to chew it to pray for peace, happiness, longevity...

Since ancient times, Oriental medicine has known that grapes provide many nutrients, which can prevent and cure many diseases. Today, through many research projects in the world, we know more about the valuable substances in grapes: Every 100g provides 71 calories, 10-12g of easily absorbed sugar (glucose and levulose), 11mg of vitamin C (18% of daily needs). If we only provide vitamin C from grapes, we must eat about 500g of grapes every day. The fruit flesh is easy to digest, quenches thirst, is diuretic due to its high potassium content, and is choleretic due to its pholiphenol.

Red grape juice

Contains substances from all parts of the grape (skin, flesh, seeds). In general, they have the effect of nourishing, quenching thirst, strengthening the body after illness, stressful work with the mind and limbs, preventing and treating tooth decay, beautifying the skin (eaten inside, applied outside).

According to American nutritionists, red grape juice has the ability to prevent cancer and strengthen the body's resistance to the harmful effects of traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The American Pharmacopoeia records the use of grapes to treat indigestion, fever, hemorrhoids, constipation, liver and gall diseases (diuretic, liver tonic).

Red wine antioxidants

Red wine is beneficial mainly due to the antioxidant properties of the flavonoid Resveratrol. Moderate consumption of red wine (20-30g ethyl alcohol/day) reduces the mortality rate from cardiovascular disease by 40%. Moderate wine drinkers (60ml/day) have 30% less heart disease than non-drinkers, increase good cholesterol (HDL), reduce bad cholesterol. LDL, and are less likely to have atherosclerosis.

Grape skins

There are many tannins that have antibacterial properties. Through the method of tracking radioactive isotopes, this substance is not destroyed by digestive juices, so it can circulate throughout the body and have a systemic effect. There is more Resveratrol in the skin of grapes than in the flesh. It has an antioxidant capacity 7 times stronger than vitamin E, so when eating grapes, you should eat the skin.

About grape seeds

Grape seed skin: The chemical structure of Resveratrol found in grape seed skin is similar to the human hormone oestrogen. It has beneficial effects on cholesterol levels and blood vessel walls in the body. This explains why people who drink red wine have a good cardiovascular system.

Grape seed extract contains Proanthocyanidin, a "super antioxidant" that prevents the development of many incurable diseases and the aging process.

Grape seed oil: Grape seed oil contains a lot of linoleic acid (more than all other oils currently used). This oil increases HDL and reduces LDL. Using grape seed oil daily reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by 39-56%. American scientists say that when men have low HDL (good cholesterol), they often suffer from impotence. After a period of using grape seed oil, HDL will increase and impotence will decrease significantly. Grape seed oil also reduces platelet aggregation, has the effect of preventing high blood pressure, healing wounds, and diabetes.

Grape seed oil is fragrant, not greasy, used for salad dressing. Grape seed oil can be used for stir-frying but should not be heated above 90oC. It is necessary to distinguish grape juice from grape drink, which is a "fake" grape juice. It has very little or no nutrients from fresh grapes, so it does not have the same nutritional value as fresh grape juice.

According to SKDS