| Champagne a festive wine was actually the | | | | that would be penetrated with Champagne |
| first wine which was made 2,000 years ago, | | | | extracts" the scientists simulated a |
| was named after a small town in France. Wines | | | | stroke on the cells and saw the reaction. The |
| from the champagne region were known from the | | | | scientists monitored how the brain cells |
| middle-ages. During those periods wines were | | | | reacted to the presence of the peroxynitrite, |
| either red or white. The first commercial | | | | which is a reactive compound found in the |
| sparkling wine was produced in the Limoux | | | | brain during inflammatory conditions. It was |
| area of Languedoc in the year 1535. Sparkling | | | | found that the pretreatment with Champagne |
| wines usually come from areas where grapes | | | | wine extracts resulted in significant |
| don't have enough sun to ripe according to | | | | protection against neurotoxicity. |
| other wine standards. | | | | |
| | | | The scientists trust that the Champagne |
| We have all heard about the medical benefits | | | | extracts protected neuron cells in numerous |
| of red and white wine. But recent findings | | | | ways, noting that in the sample with the |
| have revealed that champagne has got medical | | | | highest concentration of sparkling wine, |
| benefits too. When raising a glass of | | | | brain-cell function was completely restored |
| Champagne and toasting ‘Cheers’, | | | | over time. They also believed that caffeic |
| the attitude is generally a way of praising | | | | acid and tyrosol may help to normalize the |
| one’s health and well being in a | | | | cells’ response to injury with their |
| figurative way. According to the JOURNAL OF | | | | anti-inflammatory attributes. The compounds |
| AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY published in | | | | also act as cellular-level mops, essentially |
| April 2007 revealed that moderate consumption | | | | cleaning up and removing hazardous chemicals |
| of Champagne as a source behind brain | | | | from the body. The researchers also wrote |
| protection. This sparkling wine according to | | | | that there was evidence that dietary |
| the recent joint study of University of | | | | polyphenols can cross the "blood-brain |
| Reading and University of Cagliari may help | | | | barrier" which would suggest that the |
| protect the brain against injuries incurred | | | | above molecular behavior has the potential to |
| during a stroke and other ailments, such as | | | | act in the same way, within the human central |
| Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s | | | | nervous system, if consumed. |
| diseases. So now when we raise a glass of | | | | |
| Champagne and shout ‘Cheers’, we | | | | It is too early to tell if consuming |
| can really mean it. | | | | Champagne will have benefits for a long time, |
| | | | because the amount of polyphenols in |
| The reason for the Champagne’s ability | | | | Champagne varies greatly from "variety, |
| to cope with the brain according to the | | | | vintage and a wide range of environmental |
| researchers lies in the high presence of | | | | factors". But scientists are hoping to |
| polyphenols packed within every bottle. Red | | | | be able to shed more light on the potential |
| wine was declared as the healthiest types of | | | | beneficial effects of Champagne on human |
| wines to drink, because of the highest | | | | health and life span, with a specific |
| concentration of polyphenols. Polyphenols are | | | | interest on its influence over aging. |
| known antioxidants, which are believed to | | | | |
| help avoid cell death due to oxidative | | | | But, as more and more research is performed, |
| stress. Previous research found Champagne to | | | | Champagne has a chance to turn over a new |
| contain high amounts of other types of | | | | leaf in medical science in the future. This |
| phenolic compounds, such as tyrosol and | | | | life preserve task may be one, Champagne |
| caffeic acid. | | | | takes on a new, but it’s one we hope |
| | | | goes to its and our heads, for the |
| Scientists carried out tests in order to find | | | | sustainability of humanity. With the |
| out if the polyphenols found in Champagne are | | | | associates of the health community raising |
| similarly beneficial to those in red wines. | | | | its rank, Champagne is our new champion. So, |
| Measurable levels of polyphenols were | | | | as it puts a cork in brain injury, we intend |
| extracted from Chardonnay and Pinot noir/ | | | | you have a toast to the Dom Perignons, the |
| Pinot Meunier and several samples of cortical | | | | Veuve Clicquots, and the Louis Roederers of |
| neuron were prepared cells from mice. After | | | | the world. Fill your glass with the sparkling |
| separating mice cells into two groups | | | | wine and ease your mind, "Cheers". |
| "one that would be let alone and one | | | | |