This book offers a thorough review of the scientific research that links the consumption of
grapes to better health. The book starts with a basic review of grape biology including the
key families of phytochemicals found in grapes and where they are found. An overview of the
rationale for and subsequent creation of a standardized grape powder for use in basic and
clinical research provides insight and understanding regarding its widespread use in
grape-specific research today. The remaining chapters each thoroughly examine a key area of
health demonstrating a significant scope of impact on well-being. The book examines the role
of grapes in supporting heart health under multiple angles: general cardiovascular effects as
well as specific effects directly linked to atherosclerosis and hypertension. Other emerging
and important areas of health are examined ranging from grapes and cancer where grape
consumption has been shown to protect healthy colon tissue grapes and inflammation where
grapes have been shown to block inflammatory activity in immune cells of fat tissue to brain
health where a grape-enriched diet has been shown to protect against neuronal damage due to
loss of oxygen in the brain as well as against oxidative stress-related anxiety and resulting
memory loss to grapes and eye health where grape consumption has been shown to protect the
retina from damage.
