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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

At issue are the flavonoids and antioxidants found in the skin.

general rule of thumb is the darker the fruit skin, the higher the  
concentrations of this useful compounds.

You hear wonderful things about blueberries for the same reason.  I  
imagine blueberry wine would leave grape wine in the dust.

Black currants have similar properties.

A good article can be found here;
http://www.ffnmag.com/NH/ASP/strArticleID/489/strSite/FFNSite/articleDisplay.asp

Later,
Tom


On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:51:46 -0500, rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> hey gang,
>
> I wanted to hears some opinions on the whole red wine and health issue.
> I hear more and more about how adding red wine to your diet is good for  
> you...mine you don't have any issue with wine, but why not study more  
> the source of the wine...grapes?
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong, but most of the nutritive value comes  
> from the skin and seeds, though a good amount favors and colors the wine  
> comes from this, for the most part, this "must" is thrown out after the  
> first fermentation.
>
> With the vast variety of grapes out there (not to mention my native  
> muscidine which I'm told the seeds are processed into tablets for health  
> stores), it would seem the we would hear about more research on the the  
> WHOLE grape (skin pulp and seed) and which varieties have more value.
>
> I may be over reacting, but do question the role of the wine industry in  
> this kind of research, or is it because this is the way most grapes are  
> used in our culture so it is best to study the final product?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
>
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