Grape the tiny fruit, but full of benefits

HEALTH NEWS - Who is not familiar with grapes? Despite its tiny size there is a lot of good benefits for health. Many people eat grapes in various ways such as eaten raw or in the form of juice drinks and even jelly.

Drinking grape juice is the easiest and best way to make the body absorbs the nutrition content of grapes. And the most important is don't ignore its seeds, because there lies the greatest antioxidant. The grapes have a distinctive trait where its skin is covered with a protective, whitish bloom.

Natural deposits in the grapes consist of vitamins, minerals, nutrients and antioxidants, have made of the grape as fruit is full of benefits. Drinking a glass of grape juice per day is a good way to beautify your skin and beneficial to slow down premature aging. In addition, grape juice has become a traditional drink that is able to cure migraines. *

The grapes can help heart health, since flavonoid substances in grapes can increase the levels of good cholesterol in the body, reducing the risk of clogging of the arteries. There are many other benefits of grapes such as preventing hair loss, constipation and Alzheimer's disease.

“Resveratrol”in grapes have an important role in preventing the formation of tumor cells in the body, so it is very good for women who had breast cancer. Please note that the resveratrol in supplement forms are not regulated by the FDA**, so it is still in the research whether the product is truly effective. Experts recommend consuming red grapes, which it has natural resveratrol content in it.

But I found an interesting thing about the relationship between Resveratrol in grapes with diabetics. Based on an article published* on webmd.com indicates that “Resveratrol helps prevent insulin resistance”, so it's good for those who are suffering diabetes disease. If so, then Resveratrol in grapes is also good to stabilize blood sugar levels, but unfortunately the grapes has 15 grams of carbohydrates in its 5 ounces, and it definitely makes the grapes as fruit that is not recommended for diabetics.

The other interesting thing is an article that was published in whfoods.com indicates that grapes can provide a well contribute to the regulation of insulin, because the fruits are classified as food that has a low glycemic index(GI). ***

Well, some of the benefits of the grapes above, it looks like there are still pros and cons over its benefits against sufferers of diabetes.

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*source: boldsky

**source: webmd

***source: whfoods

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