Prevent Diabetes with Wine
Recent research conducted by a team from the University of Texas, United States, showed a compound in red wine or red wine can prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus, or diabetes are not caused by heredity.
The study was conducted in mice by infusing red wine on the brain. The result is blood sugar levels decreased significantly. But the effect only occurs when red wine is injected directly into the brain is not the way to drink.
“Compounds in red wine is resveratrol found to work very effectively when injected in the brain,” said Roberto Coppari, assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Coppari added if the compound is then further developed into drugs that can be directly working on brain research. The researcher very interested in the compound resveratrol, found in red wine, pomegranates and some other foods that can extend the life of mice in the study, although mice are given a high-fat foods.
This Coppari research, focusing to see the effect of resveratrol on diabetic. After five weeks of injections given resveratrol, insulin levels in mice to be normal. The researchers estimate that to happen because the activation of sirtuin brain cells.
Coppari also reveals why red wine has no effect on insulin levels. That is because the levels of resveratrol in red wine and there are very few barriers as the blood flows to the brain. So resveratrol should be directly injected into the brain.