Indulging in grapes may tack on an extra five years to your lifespan by expelling fats and sugars from junk food while battling the impacts of a greasy diet.
These succulent gems supercharge your gut microbes, chop down cholesterol levels, and are brimming with antioxidants to cool inflammation, potentially trimming heart disease and cancer risks.
Western New England University’s Dr. John Pezzuto said: “It adds an entirely new dimension to the old saying ‘you are what you eat.’ Grapes even alter gene expression. That is truly remarkable.”
Chomping on a daily portion of this fruit might elevate blood pressure, memory, and even skin quality. Rodents feasting on a fattening western chow plus a grape powder scooped out of a punnet tended to outlive and sport less liver fat than their grape-less buddies.
Dr. Pezzuto added: “The change observed in the study would correspond to an additional four to five years in the life of a human.”
Furthermore, the scientists uncovered grape’s knack for polishing neuron function thus shielding against Alzheimer’s, as well as enhancing behaviour and brainpower in mice compromised by fatty diets absent the grape mix.
Dr. Pezzuto explained: “The adverse response was diminished by grape intervention. Life-long survival was also enhanced. These results suggest the potential of dietary grapes to modulate gene expression, prevent oxidative damage, induce fatty acid metabolism, ameliorate NAFLD and increase longevity when co-administered with a high-fat diet.”
Liver disease is becoming a growing global issue due to unhealthy eating habits, but Dr. Pezzuto added that grapes can help, saying: “The life-long addition of grapes to a high-fat diet increases longevity. “These data illustrate the extraordinary influence of nutrigenomics, a burgeoning field of investigation that will augment our appreciation of diet and health.
“Another study also found that eating grapes can lower the risk of heart attack or stroke.