When your heart’s antioxidant defenses falter, heart disease and high blood pressure follow. But research shows that a powerful fruit can help the heart defend itself against cellular damage.
A study at the University of Michigan demonstrates that natural chemicals in grapes help the heart produce extra glutathione, a versatile antioxidant that lowers blood pressure.
Oxidative stress has been linked to heart failure. A lack of glutathione, in turn, has been connected to heart failure.
In the Michigan study, lab animals fed grapes had a lower risk of heart enlargement and fibrosis (scarring). Heart function improved and the grapes were found to activate the heart’s antioxidant defenses, boosting the gene activity that results in extra glutathione manufacture.
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