New studies arrive from Tuscany to cure oneself by eating thanks to Neutraceutics
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nutraceutical: or how, with the right food choice, I take care of my health. And with the Beer from the Val d'Orcia, Sangiovese grape berries and Tuscan bread they can be prevented Osteoporosis, degenerative and heart diseases.
It is the last frontier of Made in Italy, the one in which taste is taken care of. In fact, in Tuscany, nutraceuticals represent one more reason for enhance the short supply chain, thanks also to some research projects that want to investigate issues such as the health-nutritional properties of typical products and the Mediterranean diet, new tools for food control, new methods for the conveyance of active ingredients and for better product quality .
In practice, the purpose is to promote local food products with a view to their nutraceutical enhancement for health promotion and disease prevention.
Thus, during the surveys carried out by the Nutraceuticals working group of the Regional District of Life Sciences in Tuscany, the contributions of the research groups and companies working in Tuscany in the sector were collected. And not just some discoveries have been made.
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Beer for osteoporosis
With the project "Beerbone”The University of Siena has studied effects of the silicon of beer from Val d'Orcia for the treatment of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Essential for the metabolism of connective tissue and bone, Silicon intake has been linked to bone density.
Studies conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Siena have shown how beer, and in particular Beer produced in Val d'Orcia, both in the food that most contributes to the intake of Silicon in the diet. The reason is that contains orthosilicic acid and plays an important role both preventively and therapeutically in osteoarticular pathologies, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, and degenerative processes such as Alzheimer's.
Grape berries for heart disease
From the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna comes the study of the cardiorigenerative properties contained in the Tuscan Sangiovese grape berries for the prevention of heart failure.
The project, the "Cardio.MiR.San.To“, Encompasses several fields: from genetics to physiology, from biochemistry to molecular biology, to cardiovascular medicine. Its goal is to characterize and enhance the cardioprotective properties of grape juice derived from Sangiovese grape berries, a vine whose berries are rich in anti-apoptotic microRNAs, useful for preventing chronic heart failure in those who have already suffered a heart attack. Three Tuscan academic and research institutions work together on the project (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Institute of Clinical Physiology of the CNR of Pisa and Tuscany Foundation "G.Monasterio") and a company of the Tuscany Region specialized in the cultivation, production and transformation of Tuscan grapes (Fattoria Viticcio SARL).
Tuscan bread for chronic heart failure
The project is called FATEPreSco and wants to characterize and enhance the cardioprotective properties of a new flour, derived from ancient genotypes of soft wheat rich in alpha-lipoic acid and bio-fortified with Fe and Zn, for the production of a Tuscan bread useful for preventing heart failure. post-heart attack cardiac.
The three Tuscan academic and research institutions work on the project (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, University of Siena and Fondazione Toscana G.Monasterio) and three companies representing the tradition of the Tuscany Region.
Germana Carillo
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