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Juice 'prevents clogged arteries'http://newsvote. bbc.co.uk/ mpapps/pagetools /print/news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/health/ 7405566.stmhttp://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/health/ 7405566.stmhttp://articles. mercola.com/ sites/articles/ archive/2008/ 06/07/fruit- can-keep- your-arteries- squeaky-clean. aspx?source= nlJuices made from apples or purple grapes - and thefruit themselves - protect against developing cloggedarteries, a study suggests.Researchers fed hamsters the fruit and juice or water,plus a fatty diet.The animals who were fed

grape juice had the lowestrisk of developing artery problems, MolecularNutrition and Food Research reports.The University of Montpellier team said the juice'sbenefits came from its high levels of phenols - anantioxidant.Antioxidants in various foods have been regularlycited as being beneficial to heart health.The French team looked at how juicing affected thephenol content of fruit - because most studies look atraw fruit.Four glasses a dayThey then looked at how being fed various kinds offruit affected the hamsters' risk of atherosclerosis -the build-up of fatty plaque deposits in the arteriesthat can lead to heart attacks or strokes.The amount of fruit the hamsters consumed wasequivalent to three apples or three bunches of grapesdaily for a human.Hamsters given juice drank the equivalent of fourglasses daily for a person weighing 70 kilograms

(154pounds).The apples and grapes had about the same phenolcontent, while the purple grape juice had 2.5 timesmore phenols than apple juice.Compared with animals given water, those given fruitor fruit juice had lower cholesterol levels, lessoxidative stress, and less fat accumulation in theiraorta, the main vessel supplying oxygenated blood tothe body.Purple grape juice had the strongest effect, followedby purple grapes, apple juice and apples.The researchers say their findings suggest the amountof phenols contained in a food have a direct effect onits antioxidant properties.Other antioxidant compounds in the fruits, such asvitamin C and carotenoids, could also contribute totheir effects, they added.The team, led by Kelly Decorde, said their findings"provide encouragement that fruit and fruit juices mayhave a significant clinical and public

healthrelevance."A British nutritionist said: "High levels ofantioxidants are recognised as being good for you." = = = Phenolics from purple grape, apple, purple grape juiceand apple juice prevent early atherosclerosis inducedby an atherogenic diet in hamsters.http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/ sites/entrez? orig_db=PubMed & db=pubmed & cmd=Search & term=Molecular% 20Nutrition% 20and%20Food% 20Research% 20%5BJour% 5D%20AND% 202008%5Bpdat% 5D%20AND% 20Decorde% 2C%20Kelly% 5Bauthor% 5DLive Simply So ThatOthers May Simply Livehttp://groups. /

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