Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Cider can Ward Off Cancer and Heart Disease | |
|
| |
June 11, 2007 at 8:39 PM
General Health News
Cider, a beverage made from the fermented juices of apples or pears, is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks and has a 2,000-year-old tradition. It originated in Britain but is now produced wherever apple cultivation is high like in the US, New Zealand and Australia.
The drink is also popular in France, Ireland and northern Spain. World over, cider sales are estimated at about 22 per cent of annual beer sales.
Scientists have found that the drink contains health-boosting antioxidants and has the ability to ward off cancer, heart disease and stroke, reported the online edition of Daily Mail.
Serena Marks, a scientist at the Glasgow University said the new findings could have important implications for health - and for the cider industry.
She said the type of apple, exposure to light, soil composition and storage conditions all affect phenolic concentration. "Previous research suggests there may be an association between phenolics and protection against some serious diseases," she added.
"The more information we can get about the phenolics in cider and what happens to them in the body, the more chance we have of positively influencing the phenolic content of cider, for example, by helping manufacturers chose varieties of cider apple which have naturally higher levels of phenolics" the scientist said.
United Kingdom has the highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider producing companies in the world. Overall, it produces about 500 million litres of cider per year.
The drink is also available in several part of India including Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and Rajasthan. In India, cider started as a fresh draught drink and is now available in a carbonated form.
Source-IANS
SRM/V
| |
|
|
More News on: Cancer and Homeopathy, Cardiac Catheterization, Heart Attack, Air travel: To fly or not to fly, Diet Lifestyle and Heart Disease, Bubbles and Brews - Alcohol Facts, Silent Killer Diseases, Cancer Facts, Heart, Cancer
 Comment & Contribute
|
Related Links
A pint of cider a day keeps the doctor away !!
According to the scientists at the Glasgow University, English cider apples have high levels of phenolics - antioxidants that offer protection ...
Alcohol abuse - Common Street Names
Alcohol is known all over the world by several 'street' or common names, like ...
General News
Survival is Not Improved With Early Use of Tracheostomy For Mechanically Ventilated Patients
A new study says that for critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, early tracheostomy was not associated with an improvement in the ...
Saudi Traveller Dies in Tunisia
The health authorities revealed that a man travelling from Saudi Arabia who was infected with the SARS-like coronavirus has died in Tunisia. ...
US Teen Birth Rate Drops
US teen birth rates have dropped to a record low, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The overall rate ...
Elephantiasis Worm Infection Detected Easily By New Test
According to results of a field study in Liberia, in West Africa, where the infection is endemic, a new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can ...
Resistance to Last-line Antibiotic Makes Bacteria Resistant to Immune System: Study
According to a study in mBioŪ, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, bacteria resistant to the antibiotic ...
Nationwide Study Maps Atherosclerotic Disease Heredity
The significance of heredity for common forms of atherosclerotic disease was mapped by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. No studies have ...
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
|
|
 | Quiz on Heart A quiz on heart to learn more about its functions. 
|
- News Quick Links
 |
Cancer
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Study Highlights RNA-Based Classification System for Colorectal Cancer |
| » | Research Highlights Racial Disparities in the Surgical Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| » | Bike Chain Fitted into Cancerous Jaw Saves Life of Single Mum |
| » | Study: 2 Radiotherapy Treatments Show Similar Morbidity, Cancer Control After Prostatectomy |
| » | Research: The Compound in the Mediterranean Diet That Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal' |
| More Cancer News | |
|
Ask an Expert
