London: It's a research that counters conventional thinking about the link between alcohol use and colon cancer -- drinking half a goblet of red wine a day could protect against the development of the disease.
Researchers have carried out a study and found that a diet rich in grapes, that is red wine, contains an ingredient called resveratrol which blocks a chemical pathway that helps to prevent or spread colon cancer.
"This is truly exciting, because it suggests that substances in grapes can block a key intracellular signalling pathway involved in the development of colon cancer before a tumour develops," lead researcher Dr Randall Holcombe was quoted by the 'Daily Mail' as saying.
In fact, Dr Holcombe and his fellow researchers at the University of California came to the conclusion after studying a number of patients who're diagnosed with colon cancer. One group was given 20 milligrams daily of resveratrol as a pill; another drank 120 grams daily of grape powder mixed in water; and a third drank 80 grams daily of grape powder.
While the supplements did not have an impact on existing tumours, the team found that biopsied colon tissue showed the patients taking 80 grams of grape powder reduced the inter cell signals needed for tumours to spread.
However, the researchers could not ascertain why the lower dose of grape powder was more effective than the higher one. They believe that the active components in the grapes may have different effects at low dose than they do at high dose, which is a fairly common finding in nutrition studies.
The researchers hope that as well as preventing cancer, the discovery could lead to new therapies for those suffering from the third most common form of cancer. PTI"Results from this study suggest that shoes can significantly affect the amount of load on osteoarthritic knees -- with flat, flexible shoes providing the greatest degree of benefit in terms of knee loading."
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