Grapes can help those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease

A recent study has revealed that regular intake of grapes can ward off the evils of Alzheimer's disease. Consuming the fruit on a daily basis might provide protection against Alzheimer's disease by preventing metabolic brain decline. It will also improve attention and memory power.
This has been reported in deccanherald.com dated 4 February 2017.

Research conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles, has revealed that consuming grapes twice a day for six months gave protection against significant metabolic decline in Alzheimer's-related areas of the brain. The study was carried out among people with early memory decline.
Low metabolic activity in certain parts of the brain is a hallmark of early stage Alzheimer's disease. Results showed that consuming grapes preserved healthy metabolic activity in the regions of the brain that are affected by the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease. Metabolic decline usually takes hold in these areas.


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Nashik is known as grape country and wineries across Nashik district are gearing up for the grape crushing season which will begin from mid-January next year. The wineries expect to produce around 1.40 crore litre of wine during 2016-17 grape crushing season.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 December 2016.

As indicated by All India Wine Producers' Association, the wineries in Nashik district had recorded highest-ever wine production of 1.40 crore litre during 2015-16 season. This year even though the yield of wine grapes has reduced due to water crisis, it is expected that the same yield would be maintained. This would be attributed to increase in areas under plantation of wine grape varieties from 3,000 acres last year to 3,500 acres this year.
For information - there are a total of 95 wineries in the country and 77 of these are in Maharashtra - 39 wineries of Maharashtra are in Nashik. Maharashtra accounts for almost 90% of the total grape-wine production in India, and Nashik contributes 80 per cent of the total wine production in the country.


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A research has concluded that oranges and grapes could be a key to fighting the obesity crisis because, chemicals present in these two humble fruits could, when combined, help combat diabetes and heart disease. This has been revealed by experts of Warwick University who have taken trans-resveratrol, a compound found in red grapes, and hesperetin, a substance in oranges, and combined them in a pill. That pill, in the opinion of scientists, could in the future offer a new treatment to fight the three killer diseases.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 13 May 2016.

Professor Paul Thornally, who led the research, has indicated that this find is an incredibly exciting development and could have a massive impact on our ability to treat these diseases because apart from diabetes and heart disease it could take care of obesity.
When administered in tandem, the two compounds decreased blood glucose, improved the action of insulin and improved the health of arteries. However, these compounds should be taken in pharmaceutical doses. Otherwise, if consumed directly from oranges and red grapes, the average daily intake for a person would be about 10 litres of orange juice and grape juice.


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