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Article: Red wine polyphenols protect against UVB damage.(IN THE NEWS)(ultraviolet B)(Report)(Brief article)
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- Life Extension
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Drinking red wine protects against the harmful effects of ultraviolet B (UVB) light, according to a recent German study.* Red wine contains high levels of antioxidant polyphenols.
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In this study, 15 healthy men underwent irradiation with UVB light and then drank a fixed volume of one of three red wines over 40 minutes. Results were expressed as the minimum dose of UVB that produced skin erythema (redness), an indicator of skin damage that may precede cancer.
The effect on UVB-induced skin damage differed by the polyphenol content of the wines. The wine with the lowest polyphenol concentration afforded no skin ...