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Grapes (fresh)

About Grapes

Cultivation of grapes began over 6,000 years ago in the Middle East.  Red/purple grapes contain anthocyanins – which are polyphenol antioxidants that are responsible for turning the grape red.

Nutrition Benefits of Grapes

Grapes have been linked to benefits related to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, inflammation, acne, alzheimers, allergies, eye health, gout, and other health conditions.  A lot of this is from their antioxidant properties, in particular their high amount of polyphenols.  Many people are familiar that grapes contain resveratrol, which has been linked to various health benefits.  Resveratrol is a type of polyphenol antioxidant.

Red grapes contain more flavonoid antioxidants than green grapes.  You can use whatever grapes you like, but if you are looking to maximize the nutritional benefits – choose red grapes.

Smoothie Tips

Many of our fruitier recipes call for grapes.  We are actually using whole grapes as the liquid source of the smoothie, but we do not call for grape juice.  The skins and seeds of the grapes contain the highest concentration of antioxidants, which is why we like to use the whole food instead of just juice.

Nutrition Facts
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Grapes (fresh) scores well for 15 health goals

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Blood Pressure

Recipe Score:92

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Brain

Recipe Score:92

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Recipe Score:92

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Erectile Dysfunction

Recipe Score:92

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Cancer

Recipe Score:90

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:90

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Sleep

Recipe Score:90

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Kidneys

Recipe Score:88

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Liver

Recipe Score:88

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Breast Cancer

Recipe Score:86

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Fat Loss

Recipe Score:86

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Allergy

Recipe Score:84

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Detoxification

Recipe Score:84

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Leukemia

Recipe Score:84

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Look Younger

Recipe Score:84

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The Research

Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure: Score 92

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Have been shown to reduce blood pressure

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Brain

Brain: Score 92

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Grapes contain resveratrol, which may help cerebral blood flow. It has therapeutic properties in neurodegenerative conditions. It has gene protective and antioxidant properties. It improves cardiovascular function and reduces oxidative damage in cerebral tissues. It reduces behavioral impairments related to traumatic brain injury. It may help cognitive function.

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Circulatory System (Cardiovascular): Score 92

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The substances in grapes help to decrease plasma levels of trigylcerides. Grapes reduce atherosclerosis when eating a bad diet. They reduce oxidative stress associated with cardiovascular disease. They have antithrombotic effects. They have vasorelaxing activity and may reduced coronary heart disease.

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Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction: Score 92

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The substances in grapes help to decrease plasma levels of trigylcerides. Grapes reduce atherosclerosis when eating a bad diet. They reduce oxidative stress associated with cardiovascular disease. They have antithrombotic effects. They have vasorelaxing activity and may reduced coronary heart disease.

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Cancer

Cancer: Score 90

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Animal: Grape seed inhibits growth of human colorectal carcinoma cells. Grape seed inhibits aromatase activity in an animal model of breast cancer. In Vitro: Grape seed induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells. It triggers programmed cell death in a human colon cancer cell line. It inhibits pulmonary metastatic melanoma. It enhances anti-cancer effect on human bladder cancer cells. It promotes programmed cell death in human skin cancer.

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 90

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Human: Grapes protect against fructose induced oxidative stress and insulin resistance. Animal: Grape suppresses post meal hyperglycemia in diabetic mice. It has therapeutic effects on oxidative associated nerve damage in diabetic rats. Grape seed extract prevents high fructose diet induced insulin resistance in rats. Grape seed proanthocyanidins are superior to metformin to promote insulin signaling in rats fed a high calorie diet.

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Sleep

Sleep: Score 90

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Animal: Grape seed maintained nocturnal melatonin levels and altered the oscillations of some metabolites in plasma.

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Kidneys

Kidneys: Score 88

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Animal: Grape seed extract prevents chemical induced kidney toxicity. It reduces kidney dysfunction.

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Liver

Liver: Score 88

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Animal: Grapes have liver protecting properties. They protect against acetaminophen induced cell death in the liver. They reduce chemical induced liver injury.

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Score 86

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Animal: Grape seed inhibits aromatase activity in breast cancer. Lab: In summary, we showed for the first time that resveratrol regulates cell cycle progression by targeting AURKA and PLK1. Our findings highlight the potential use of resveratrol as an adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.

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Fat Loss

Fat Loss: Score 86

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Animal: Grape exerts an anti-inflammatory effect in diet induced obesity.

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Allergy

Allergy: Score 84

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Has anti-inflammatory effects in airway disease. It exhibits anti-allergic properties.

Detoxification

Detoxification: Score 84

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Animal: It reduces the absorption and enhances excretion of dioxin and furan toxins.

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Leukemia

Leukemia: Score 84

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In Vitro: Grape seed induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells.

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Look Younger

Look Younger: Score 84

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In Vitro: Grapes exhibit antioxidant properties.

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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