Grapes is cheap and very tasteful. They are available in most stores in different sizes, and have great benifits to your health.
Grapes are about 80 percent water, making them a delectable low-calorie snack or dessert; a cup of Concord or Catawba grapes contains only about 60 calories . Grapes also add fiber to the diet and are naturally low in sodium. Raisins, or dried grapes, contain only about 15 percent water.A new study shows that grapes has numerous cancer-fighting properties, but they also foster brain health. The study has als oshowed that people who drink grape juice have 70% less chance of succumbing to Alzheimer’s. Moreover, grapes are known as a rich source of treating and preventing strokes.
But how grapes prevent cancer?
Grapes contain something called “resveratrol‘ which is a chemical proven fight prostate cancer growth, and stimulate apoptosis, the necessary death of unhealthy cells. Also, grapes has another chemicals such as anthocyanins and proauthocyanidins. These chemicals inhibit cancer of the breast by preventing DNA damage from carcinogens.
So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and get you grapes and grape juic and consume them in your daily diet.
i agree on the benefit of grapes they are my preferite fruit, and must have other benefit because I am 77 years old and nobody belive it to the most people say that I am around 50.
I read about the benefits of grapes years ago. They are wonderful as a snack or as an addition to a salad or desert. During the summer, I freeze seedless green grapes for a refreshing treat – try it!
We eat a lot of grapes back home Palestine, especially in the summer time. You know, many houses in Palestine have grapes trees around the house, so its fresh and without any chemicals or “hormons”.