Many people know that moderate drinking of red wine can help prevent cardiovascular and nervous system diseases, as well as preventing certain cancers. Italian scientists have found that red wine is also beneficial to oral health can prevent tooth decay so that more healthy teeth. The results will be published in “Food Chemistry” journal.
Blocking bacterial
University of Pavia, Italy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Professor Gabrielle LAC zani, and colleagues studied whether red wine has a protective effect on the teeth. The researchers start with the market purchase of ordinary red wine, then off alcohol treatment.
British “Daily Mail” 2 quoted the words of the researchers reported that the use of de-alcohol wine, which is to study the role of the alcohol or other substances.
The mouth of the teeth is the most damaging effects of Streptococcus mutans. The bacteria rely on sugar in food to survive. Once the glue Streptococcus mutans teeth, the enamel surface of teeth will be carried out to the mineralization can take advantage of acid, corrosion teeth.
In the laboratory, the researchers discovered that Streptococcus mutans easy to mix with saliva, easy to glue the dental health of dental damage. The de-alcohol red wine can prevent the viscosity of saliva, or dental bacteria.
Found that “hero”
Researchers say blocking Streptococcus mutans a “hero” is called “proanthocyanidins” compounds. Previous study found that procyanidins have antioxidant found in a variety of foods, such as grapes, apples, cinnamon, cocoa, tea and so on.
Grape skin and grape seeds contain proanthocyanidins, but the researchers do not know whether grape juice has the role of oral health.
“For grape juice, we have no data,” Gazzani said, “We believe that from the findings of red wine does not apply to grape juice, grape juice and wine because of the chemical composition very different.”
She said that is studying whether the procyanidins extracted from the wine to develop oral care products.
Benefits lot
Some red wine in the acids and sugars can cause tooth decay indeed, but according to the findings of Gazzani red wine also has teeth to protect the composition, can be described as mixed merits and demerits.
In addition, the health benefits of red wine for a lot.
Previous studies have shown that red wine can increase brain power, boost the immune system function, prevent diabetes and obesity, anti-aging and so on.
Columbia University researchers found that moderate drinking of red wine against those who have never thought even more sensitive to alcohol.
Professor of neurology at Columbia University, Clinton, Wright said that this is because the grape skins in natural active ingredients to promote healthy blood flow to the brain of resveratrol.
King’s College, University of London researchers publish their research results in November, said the flavonoids in red wine, or can prevent Alzheimer’s disease (senile dementia).
However, remember to moderate drinking. The researchers said excessive drinking may lead to high blood pressure, liver disease, infertility and other health issues