Issue |
BIO Web Conf.
Volume 56, 2023
43rd World Congress of Vine and Wine
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Article Number | 04004 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Safety and Health | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20235604004 | |
Published online | 24 February 2023 |
The Health effects of wine: The case of longevity in Sardinia
1 Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 07100 Via E. De Nicola 1, Italy
2 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Via Roma 151, Italy
This work explores the relationship between nutrition and health: specifically, it focuses attention on the aspect of longevity. From this point of view, the analysis is deepened through a Case Study Analysis that takes the case of Sardinia (Italy) as a reference. The Island is a privileged observation point since, as amply demonstrated in the literature it is one of the five rural areas geographically identified and referred to as Blu Zone, in which there is a lifestyle and a common environment that “explain” the longevity of the populations that inhabit them. The reasons certainly include nutrition: specifically, we refer to the Mediterranean Diet which, as brought into vogue by Keys, represents a fundamental dietary model for ensuring a correct state of health. UNESCO in 2010 included it among the intangible assets of humanity, as a culture that has its roots in the peasant economy and has a unique dimension in the world. Our goal is to highlight the correspondence between the Blu Zone of Sardinia and the concentration of the production and consumption of wine both Cannonau (red wine), as evidenced mainly by the scientific literature, and Vermentino (white wine) which represents the emblem of the viticultural economy of Sardinia. It is considered of particular importance in this historical moment, to focus attention on the health aspects of wine that can help promote a conscious consumption and to an extent corresponding to adequate dietary models and also favor the enotourist development of areas in which the correlation “wine and health”is clear.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2023
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