Mitochondrial Proanthocyanidin-Tuning: Fruit & Seed Extracts from Grapes Cheer Up Tired Mitochondria.
Image 1: Grapes - mitochondrial super food. While I am still not sold on the idea that the unfortunate and unhealthy fate of being a fat slob is in your genes , it is a commonly accepted scientific fact that lifestyle factors (and thus epigenetics) contribute to obesity related mitochondrial dysfunctions. Defective cellular powerplants, on the other hand, make it increasingly difficult to lose weight and may be one of the major causes of the weight(re-)gain the majority of dieters experience after ardeous weeks of (un-)successful calories-in-vs-calories-out dieting. The results of two very studies published in the latest issue Journal of the American Chemical Society ( Kang. 2011 ) and the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology ( Arola. 2011 ) indicate that both the proanthocyanidins from grapeseeds, as well as the mixture of bioactive substances from whole red grapes may ameliorate the impairment in oxidative capacity and de...