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Wine is great ally in the digestive process

Wine is great ally in the digestive process

"Wine and food were made for each other," says the cardiologist Jairo Monson de Souza Filho. The doctor, who for 20 years has studied the effects of drinking on human health, ensures that this is the most favorable liquid for digestion. "That, of course, if there is no contraindication to their consumption," he points out. "When the drink is ingested with food, the amount of free radicals in the bloodstream during digestion is greatly reduced. it is precisely in this period that the amount of circulating fats is greater, so they are less likely to be oxidized by free radicals, which would lead to the formation and deposition of fat plaques on the walls of blood vessels, "explains Son. On the daily dose of recommended wine, the cardiologist points out that the great concern is due to the volume of alcohol. "An amount above what the body can metabolize can cause organic damage," he says. However, the metabolism of alcohol is individual and depends on several factors, such as gender, body weight, and, more specifically, liver weight and the amount of enzymes required for this process.

For most men it would be safe to drink up to 30 grams of alcohol (equivalent to 300 ml of wine at 12.5 ºGL) per day and for women, 20 grams (equivalent to 200 ml of wine at 12.5 GL GL), suggests the doctor. According to the specialist, there is not one type of wine that is more effective for the digestive process. However, the carbon dioxide present in the sparkling wine increases the production of gastric juice, which is largely favorable for digestion.

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Digestive process

The specialist says that substances found in wine facilitate digestion in many ways, such as:

- Decreasing the peristaltic movements of the small intestine and large intestine, thereby increasing the permanence of food in the digestive tract and giving more time to

- Stimulating the gallbladder to discharge a larger amount of bile in the beginning of the small intestine, facilitating the digestion of fats.

- Improving the digestion of sugars, increasing tissue sensitivity to insulin.

According to the cardiologist, some of the digestive system diseases that can be avoided with wine consumption are:

- Nervous ulcer: the p olifenols from the wine protect this type of aggression to the stomach by blocking two enzymes: histidinecarboxylase and hyaluronidase.

- Reflux esophagitis: an antioxidant supplementation guaranteed by the drink can help both in the treatment and prevention of the disease. - Barrett's esophagus: a precancerous clinical condition activated by the proliferation of cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) cells. The polyphenols in the wine are effective in preventing the proliferation of these cells.

- Kidney stones: Tartaric acid, found in the drink, is able to break down calcium oxalate stones from the urinary tract. quercetin, which is present in wine, reduces the absorption of fats by increasing their elimination in feces and lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood.


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