Three months of the "grape diet" significantly improved the condition of rats with metabolic syndrome. Grapes can help protect internal organs from damage associated with the progress of the metabolic syndrome, writes medmoon. en.

According to a study presented on Monday at a conference of experimental biology in Boston, this is the positive effect of polyphenols found in grapes.

A group of scientists from the University of Michigan Health System studied the effect of the "American style diet" (high in fat) with the addition of grapes and without grapes (control ration) on the heart, liver, kidneys, adipose tissue with obese susceptible rats.

Animals were observed for 90 days. The results showed that three months of the "grape diet" significantly improved the condition of rats with metabolic syndrome. In their organisms, inflammation markers throughout the body decreased, but most significantly in the liver and abdominal fat.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together - high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess fat around the waist, or low HDL (good cholesterol) and increased triglyceride levels in the blood.

Consumption of fruits and vegetables is believed to reduce these risks, and the grapes proved to be very effective.

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