Grapes help eliminate body fat

Grapes help eliminate body fat

Researchers at the University of North Carolina found that consuming a high-fat diet containing butter with 33% energy from fat and 3% grapes for 11 weeks resulted in a lower percentage of total body fat and reduced subcutaneous fat deposits.

This reduction is positively related to changes in intestinal microbes and health. The changes included increasing some beneficial bacteria, reducing some less beneficial bacteria, increasing microbial diversity, and improving intestinal function.

In another study, the researchers used a high-fat diet with 44% energy from fat, which included several sources of saturated fat such as pork, beef fat, butter and butter, which is somewhat similar to Western diets.

They evaluated the effect of a high-fat diet enriched with polyphenol-grape or non-polyphenol-grape extracts over a 16-week study period. They also evaluated a high-fat diet plus 5 percent whole grapes. All experimental diets were the same in amount and type of sugar.

They found that a high-fat diet with grape polyphenols reduced the percentage of body fat, subcutaneous and internal fat deposits, and signs of inflammation in the liver. It also improves glucose resistance and intestinal function.

The research team is headed by Michael McIntosh, he said.

These two studies show that grapes and grape polyphenols help mitigate a number of harmful effects of high-fat diets and improve intestinal health.