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10616037

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
In France, a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol is associated with low coronary artery disease mortality and it may be that drinking wine is protective against ischemic heart disease. Recent studies suggest that high plasma homocysteine concentrations are an independent risk factor for coronary, cerebral and peripheral arterial occlusive diseases. One of several routes for metabolism of homocysteine involves methylation using betaine as the methyl donor. Betaine is often added to less expensive wine when beet sugar is used to increase alcohol content. We found that many commercial wines contain betaine; an average glass of wine contains approximately 3 mg betaine. This small amount is less than the dose used to lower homocysteine in patients with genetic forms of hyperhomocysteinemia, but we do not know whether humans with modest elevations of homocysteine would be influenced by this dose.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0306-9877
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Betaine in wine: answer to the French paradox?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.