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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] Substance in red wine found to combat obesity, diabetes
  • Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:07:29 -0600

Substance in red wine found to combat obesity, diabetes

Rob Stein, Washington Post
Friday, November 17, 2006

A component of red wine recently shown to help laboratory mice live longer also protects animals from obesity and diabetes, researchers reported Thursday.

The new research helps confirm and extend the possible benefits of the substance, resveratrol, and offers new insight into how it works -- apparently by revving up the metabolism to make muscles burn more energy and work more efficiently. Mice fed large doses could run twice as far as normal.

In addition, the scientists produced evidence for the first time linking the biological pathway activated by the substance to humans, showing that the same genetic switch that resveratrol mimics seems to naturally endow some people with faster metabolisms.

"It's very exciting," said Johan Auwerx, professor of medicine at the Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology in Strasbourg, France, who led the research, which is being published in the journal Cell. "This compound could have many applications -- treating obesity and diabetes, improving human endurance, helping the frail. There's a lot of potential."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/17/ MNG7VMEKH61.DTL&type=health




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