Reader's Digest 5月号のBottoms Up For Your Bonesと題されたお酒好きが喜びそうな記事からです。
Move over, milk: One study of men and post-menopausal women found those who drank one to two glasses of beer or wine daily had bones that were up to 8% more dense than those of teetotallers.
こう言う効果がなくてもお酒が好きな人は（私もそうですが）いずれお酒を飲むでしょう。 記事で最も気になった単語は次ぎの文にあります。
Lead researcher Katherine Tucker of Tufts University says beer is very high in silicon, a trace mineral that promotes bone formation, and wine's full of resveratrol, an antioxidant shown in animal studies to protect against bone loss
"resveratrol" が骨の減少を防ぐ原因となる抗酸化物質のようです。 辞書で ."resveratrol" を確認します。
・American Heritage Dictionary: A natural compound found in grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and other plants or food products, especially red wine, that may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease by acting as an antioxidant, antimutagen, and anti-inflammatory.
・Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary: a compound C14H12O3that is a trihydroxy trans form of stilbene found in some plants, fruits (as the mulberry), and seeds (as the peanut) and especially in the skin of grapes and certain grape-derived products (as red wine) and that has been linked to a reduced risk of coronary artery disease and cancer
と言うものだそうですが、この単語は私が調べた英和辞書(リーダーズプラス、英辞朗）には出ていませんでした。 Wikipedia に次ぎのような興味ある記述がありました。
Resveratrol seems to have first been mentioned in a Japanese article in 1939 by M. Takaoka, who isolated it from the poisonous but medicinal Veratrum album, variety grandiflorum. The name presumably comes from the fact that it is a resorcinol derivative coming from a Veratrum species.
偶然ですが、今週は日月火曜と珍しくワインばかり飲みました。上記の通り赤ワインは "resveratrol" を含んでいるので身体に良いそうです。 でもRDの記事の締めくくりは次ぎの文でした。
But remember: Excess alcohol can harm your bone - and the rest of you.
Move over, milk: One study of men and post-menopausal women found those who drank one to two glasses of beer or wine daily had bones that were up to 8% more dense than those of teetotallers.
こう言う効果がなくてもお酒が好きな人は（私もそうですが）いずれお酒を飲むでしょう。 記事で最も気になった単語は次ぎの文にあります。
Lead researcher Katherine Tucker of Tufts University says beer is very high in silicon, a trace mineral that promotes bone formation, and wine's full of resveratrol, an antioxidant shown in animal studies to protect against bone loss
"resveratrol" が骨の減少を防ぐ原因となる抗酸化物質のようです。 辞書で ."resveratrol" を確認します。
・American Heritage Dictionary: A natural compound found in grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and other plants or food products, especially red wine, that may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease by acting as an antioxidant, antimutagen, and anti-inflammatory.
・Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary: a compound C14H12O3that is a trihydroxy trans form of stilbene found in some plants, fruits (as the mulberry), and seeds (as the peanut) and especially in the skin of grapes and certain grape-derived products (as red wine) and that has been linked to a reduced risk of coronary artery disease and cancer
と言うものだそうですが、この単語は私が調べた英和辞書(リーダーズプラス、英辞朗）には出ていませんでした。 Wikipedia に次ぎのような興味ある記述がありました。
Resveratrol seems to have first been mentioned in a Japanese article in 1939 by M. Takaoka, who isolated it from the poisonous but medicinal Veratrum album, variety grandiflorum. The name presumably comes from the fact that it is a resorcinol derivative coming from a Veratrum species.
偶然ですが、今週は日月火曜と珍しくワインばかり飲みました。上記の通り赤ワインは "resveratrol" を含んでいるので身体に良いそうです。 でもRDの記事の締めくくりは次ぎの文でした。
But remember: Excess alcohol can harm your bone - and the rest of you.
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