DRINKING CONCORD GRAPE JUICE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE GOOD CHOLESTEROL IN PEOPLE WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY STUDY RESULTS

(November 2004) Drinking Concord grape juice significantly increased good cholesterol in people with stable coronary artery disease.

Results were announced in the November issue of the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine.

According to Jane Freedman, associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at the university and one of the authors of the study, the positive increase in HDL levels is interesting. Historically this phenomenon has been linked to drinking red wine and attributed to the alcohol found in the wine.

Concord grape juice obviously does not contain alcohol, meaning that researchers may now look more closely at certain compounds found in grape juice, as well as wine.

The double blind, placebo-controlled study looked at 20 subjects, with a mean age of 63 years, who had previously been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and were on standard medications, including aspirin. Freeman cautioned that her study is preliminary and more research needs to be done in this area.

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