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Article: New study shows drinking purple Concord grape juice slowed LDL oxidation.
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- November 28, 2002
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-- A new study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1) adds to the growing body of clinical evidence suggesting that drinking purple grape juice, made using the American Concord grape, can help heart health by slowing the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol in the body.
Conducted by the Centre of Human Nutrition and the Division of Biochemistry and Human Metabolism, Dallas, the study compares the antioxidant efficacy of the flavonoids contained in purple Concord grape juice with alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E). Vitamin E is a well known and potent antioxidant but studies comparing its antioxidant capacity with purple grape ...