Source: Zee News
Sunday, January 20, 2013
A
biochemist-turned- winemaker in Queensland, Australia has claimed to have
created what drinkers had only dreamed of - wine that is beneficial to your
health.
Greg
Jardine, founder of Mt Nebo-based company Dr Red Nutraceuticals, filed a patent
for Modified Polyphenol Technology in Wines late last year and said the creation
would "finally give wine a real medicinal edge," the Courier Mail
reported.
The
process involved ageing red wine for a certain period of time, which enhanced
the number of antioxidants within it, made them fat-soluble, rather than
water-soluble, and easier to absorb into the bloodstream.
Some
studies have shown antioxidants are effective at fighting a multitude of
different diseases.
Jardine
said that he had been working on the process for 10 years but had only recently
discovered a way to retain the taste while enhancing
antioxidants.
"Wine has
got massive amounts of antioxidants but they are quite tannic so if you put more
in people would not drink it because of the taste," he told the Sunday
Mail.
"What we
discovered was if we allowed them to age and stop it at the right point of time
the tannic taste goes and we make it taste good," he said.
Biomedical
Sciences Professor Lindsay Brown, from the University of Southern Queensland,
found the non-alcoholic dried crystal used to make the wine successfully treated
rats with arthritis.
Jardine
said that the wine could help treat a "range of ageing conditions" from chronic
fatigue and gout to stiff joints after a visit to the gym.
Stressing
the wine is "not medicine," Jardine said that it should be consumed in
moderation as it has the same alcoholic content as regular
wine.
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