No Wine When Pregnancy

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a major cause of mental retardation in children in Western countries, but not as the alcoholic beverage of choice wine is due to the properties of the compounds such as polyphenols and anthocyanins, is capable of. The toxic effects `limit of ethanol To prove that a study by the Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, National Research Council of Rome (INMM-CNR) was carried out in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and the Center alcologico the Lazio Region, by Mark Fiore.

During pregnancy, the `alcohol toxic because damage the placenta, ethanol, growth and weight of the fetus, permanent damage to the central nervous system in the development and deformation of cells and brain structural and functional consequences and cognitive (memory loss, attention deficits, impulsive behavior ). Red wine seems to reduce the toxicity of ethanol `:" We have exposed a model of fetal alcohol syndrome in mice during pregnancy and lactation ethanol content in alcoholic solution of water and red wine, both alcohol content of 11% - said Fiore -. . A comparison shows the differences in toxicity in mice induced a very high alcohol solution, little or nothing in the exposed red "Research data, explains the` experts showed that in mice of mothers exposed only red wine is not shown that cognitive problems and liver damage is observed or is minimized when ethanol is administered as red wine.


The study points to the `experts explain why, in the Mediterranean countries of the region, where there is a greater consumption of red wine, the" fetal alcohol syndrome rarer than the other industrialized countries where the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy, especially based on other alcoholic beverages. "Be warned, however, researchers caution during pregnancy and lactation, alcohol should always be avoided. Red wine contains.