What Causes Red Wine Headaches? Study Says Flavanols May Have an Effect

A new study recommends a link between a specific flavonoid in red wine that triggers headaches.

Studies involving humans will be the next step in this effort, which is still in its early phases.

The study arrives alongside an improving interest in the health properties of flavanols.

University of California research

A new University of California research published on November 20 in Scientific Reports discovered a possible link between red wine consumption, headaches, and flavonols.

The offending compound? a particular kind of flavanol called quercetin.

Quercetin is appraised as a healthy antioxidant, however, it can cause problems during the metabolization process with the alcohol content in red wine.

Research co-author Dr. Andrew Waterhouse, Ph.D., a wine chemist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, said the study could assist in giving consumers further information about how certain wines may affect their health.

“It would be more beneficial for the client if there were less specific information available,” Waterhouse stated to Healthline.

The results are intriguing enough, even if the project is still in its early phases, to prompt the University of California, San Francisco researcher to oversee the next phase of the investigation—human trials.

It will be critical for clients to understand which are high and which are low, according to Waterhouse, “if the human research demonstrates a real impact.”

For read this complete article: Click on here