April 20, 2007 1

Alcohol ‘makes fruit healthier – or does it?

By in Daily Health Tips



So should you start drinking alcohol while eating fruit everyday now? Probably not.

Research shown the alcohol can boost antioxidant properties in fruit that can protect against cancer, heart disease and arthritis. That proved my title’s word, but…..

Are you going to get healthier? Most of us know that alcohol kill liver and brain cell…

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    • One Response to “Alcohol ‘makes fruit healthier – or does it?”

    1. Family Nutritionist says:
      April 26, 2007 at 12:56 pm

      The BBC story, probably based on a Reuters story, is nonsense. Researchers studied ways to reduce the severity of decay in berries stored at 50F for one to two weeks. The conclusion was that less-decayed berries are higher in antioxidants than really rotten ones.

      Berries treated with ethanol, tea tree oil, or one of several other preparations, were not as badly rotten as the untreated berries. And they had higher levels of antioxidants.

      Read the abstract for yourself.
      http://familynutritionist.blogspot.com/2007/04/major-news-outlets-misrepresent-food.html

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