The National Congress of Cardiology to be held in May in Mendoza, seeks to raise awareness among physicians about the benefits of recommending moderate consumption of wine and numerous studies support the idea.
The Argentina Federation of Cardiology is organizing the XXVI National Congress of Cardiology to be held from 24 to 26 May in Mendoza. Among the topics to be addressed in those days, one has to do with the wine and the heart and benefits incidental to drink in moderation.
The aim of this conference is to raise awareness among cardiologists, since we have incorporated the concept of wine and health. We have a slight idea and not normally prescribe. And for certain patients is good recommend a glass of wine daily, says Dr. Daniel Peroni, responsible for the organization of the Congress. This special interest, use wine as a medicine to prevent disease, stems from extensive research conducted around the world, including Mendoza. In these studies it has been determined that the wine is a natural food that has many highly beneficial compounds to human health. The French Paradox One of the most significant cases that gave rise to this statement was the French Paradox, which demonstrated how the wine into a saturated fat diet contributed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease mortality. Unlike what happened in other countries, like the USA and Britain, where fat intake was also common. So this paradox was revealed that wine is one of the factors responsible for the low incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean populations. From there, he began to study the types of grapes, qualities and other factors. Red or white ¿Regarding the type of grape, one can say that the ink is better than white, because the former has higher antioxidant capacity. The skins are present in the fermentation, which allows to extract the phenolics. A study by Professor of Enology I, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, found that the varietal Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec are those with more antioxidant power, introducing best percentages of polyphenols. Red grapes between your skin, pulp and seed, gathers around 4,000 components, much more than the white grape, detailing Dr. Peroni. Not only the properties of grapes are what make good, but also other causes; such as the type of wine, soil, altitude and the oak. They all help to further develop their phenolic composition. But Dr. Peroni, but considers that these characteristics influence the effects that are older, emphasizes the need to demystify the idea that the best quality wine is richer in polyphenols than ordinary. It is true that oak aging favors the development of antioxidants, but only 0.4%. The common wine has the same characteristics and is more economical, making it accessible to the entire society. Dr. Carlos Secotaro, who will speak at the symposium on the moderate consumption of wine, add to this review, the very old wines are not as good as the young wines. The virtues of the fruit born in the grain. Then with must fermentation grow, stabilize and after some time they begin their decline, causing the components of wines from several years already in decline. The opposite happens with young wines that have their components correctly. As for ethanol, according Peroni, does not have much to do with the healing effects of wine. He states that he has been able to demonstrate this same white spirits or beer. While others believe, from scientific discoveries, which would be the cardioprotective potential alcohol, not just wine. The difference is that Spirits graduation in wine is pretty minor and always emphasizes that it should be drunk in small quantities. In moderation According to all these features is determined that wine helps prevent or delay cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cholesterol, Alzheimer’s and also lengthens life. However, it is necessary to emphasize that the wine is only good if it is consumed in moderation, since abuse can cause completely opposite and adverse human health effects. A woman is advised to drink one drink per day and men only two. This difference is due to different organisms function. The woman metabolizes alcohol differently and the blood concentration reaches higher levels. Therefore, if she drinks more than two drinks could cause problems such as liver disease or increase the risk of tumors. Dr. Peroni concludes our aim is cardiologist supervised people take a glass of wine daily to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. We can not advertise the same way as is done with the exercise is good for health or eat healthy, because we can not predict consumer response, which may be very varied. From doing nothing, which incorporates awareness but until you can get to abuse this recommendation, generating alcohol problems, bleeding, aggressive behavior or road accidents, Secotaro ends.
