Red wine lovers have a good news to celebrate. Researchers have found that a compound found in red wine could help counteract the negative impact of a high fat diet.
Researchers from Georgetown University in the US studied the new health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and consequently in red wine.
Dr. J.P. Hyatt, an associate professor at Georgetown University, and his team of researchers studied the effects of resveratrol in the diet of rhesus monkeys. They found that a resveratrol supplement would counteract the negative impact of a high fat/high sugar diet on their hind leg muscles.
Hyatt indicated that the study could be applied to humans.
While these results are encouraging, and there might be a temptation to continue eating a high fat/high sugar diet and simply add a glass of red wine or a cup of fruit to one's daily consumption, the researchers stress the importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasized.
The results of the study was published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology.
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