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Red wine, believed to protect the body from heart disease and cancer, may also help the body lose weight, U.S. researchers suggest.
Dr. Kee-Hong Kim of Purdue University in Indiana said the substance piceatannol -- a metabolite of resveratrol -- delayed the generation of young fat cells and prevented them from growing into mature fat cells, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry found piceatannol blocked insulin's ability to activate genes that carry out further stages of fat cell formation.
"In the presence of piceatannol you can see delay or complete inhibition of young fat cells," said Kim, the study's lead researcher.
The substance is also found in grapes, blueberries and passion fruit.
<관련 한글 기사>
‘와인, 다이어트에도 효과 있다’
일부 암과 심장질환에 대한 예방 효과가 있다고 알려진 적포도주(red wine)가 체중감량에도 효과가 있다는 연구 결과가 나왔다.
미국 인디애나 퍼두 대학의 김기홍 박사 팀은 레스베라트롤의 대사 물질인 피세아타놀(piceatannol)이 지방 세포의 생성을 지연시키면서 갓 만들어진 세포의 성숙을 막는다는 것을 밝혀냈다고 UPI통신이 영국 데일리 텔레프래프를 인용해 보도했다.
연구진은 피세아타놀이 지방세포의 형성과 관련된 인슐린의 능력을 막는다는 것을 밝혀냈다.
이 물질은 포도, 블루베리, 그리고 패션프룻 (passion fruit)에서도 발견된다.
