 Invention ... an Aussie doctor says he has created the world`s healthiest wine, which cleans your blood vessels. |
- Wine contains high amount of resveratrol
- Keeps arteries free of fatty deposits
- Most healthy with moderate drinking
AN Australian doctor says he has created the world`s healthiest wine, which cleans your blood vessels and reduces the risk of heart attack as you drink it.
Each bottle contained up to 100 times the amount of resveratrol - a naturally occurring anti-oxidant found in grapes - than a standard drop, says Sydney`s Dr Philip Norrie.
Resveratrol helped to maintain blood flow by keeping arteries free of fatty deposits called atherosclerotic plaque, Dr Norrie said, and a wine infused with high levels of the odourless, tasteless anti-oxidant would act as a "vascular pipe-cleaner``.
"While the positive effects of moderate wine consumption have long been documented, the inclusion of such large quantities of this beneficial anti-oxidant is very good news for wine drinkers,`` says Dr Norrie.
"What we`ve been able to do is boost the amount of resveratrol in wine and you wont even know its there ... you`re effectively clearing your arteries while you drink.``
Dr Norrie is producing both a chardonnay and a shiraz with each having 100mg/L of resveratrol per bottle.
He said this was as much as is contained in 70 to 100 bottles of standard white wine or 15 to 20 bottles of standard red.
"I stress that these benefits are best realised with moderate drinking,`` Dr Norrie also said in a warning to any connoisseurs planning a wine-based health kick.
University of Queensland cardiologist Associate Professor David Colquhoun also stressed the need for "moderate`` consumption as he said the benefits of resveratrol were well known.
"Studies have strongly suggested that consumption of wine rich in resveratrol can lessen cardio-vascular disease, heart attack and stroke, he said.
