Other studies also have shown a link between drinking two to three glasses of red wine a day and a lowered risk of heart disease. Drinking wine, grape juice or eating foods made from the muscadine pumice the pulp, seeds and skins of muscadine grapes could help not only in the fight against heart disease, but in the fight against cancer as well. A natural compound found in grapes and particularly concentrated in wine called resveratrol shows promise as a cancer fighter. Researchers led by Dr. John Pezzuto of the University of Chicago tested the substance and found it an effective deterrent at tumor initiation, promotion and progression. The substance is made in plants to help them fight diseases and it s proving to help in the fight against human disease as well.
Grapes make a lot of the compound to defend against fungal infections.
Resveratrol acts by blocking the activity of an enzyme called cyclooxygenase that triggers the chemical conversion of substances in the body that can stimulate tumor growth. Muscadine health benefits. Resveratrol has other health benefits as well. A study at Mississippi State University found that when laboratory rats were fed high cholesterol diets along with muscadine pomace, their HDL cholesterol increased. This good cholesterol is needed by the body.