Serate Storico-Culturali a Cercivento (UD, Carnia)

CARNIA IN MOVIMENTO Comune di Cercivento & Provincia

Idee,cultura,natura,territorio,tradizione di Udine * Assessorato alla cultura

presentano:

LA DIASPORA CARNICA

domenica 5 agosto dalle Gianni Fachin

presso l’agriturismo presenta il suo

documentario

Ingresso libero

BOSCO DI MUSEIS Presenta Marta Vezzi

CERCIVENTO (UD) Carnia dalle ore 20:00

Furlans in Romanie

Proiezione del film in versione integrale

ore 20:00 LE TESTIMONIANZE:

Il professor Fulvio Salimbeni racconta il grande esodo

Il regista Gianni Fachin racconta la sua esperienza

Testimoni di quel tempo lontano, ma tanto attuale

Ore 21:00 Pausa caffè * segue alle ore 21:15 la proiezione del film

Al termine dibattito, domande, suggestioni

La commovente testimonianza cinematografica della diaspora carnica in terra di Romania nei due grandi esodi del 1870 e 1920 attraverso le testimonianze viventi dei protagonisti. Il regista Gianni Facchin ci fa conoscere, anche attraverso i retroscena del film, la grande presenza friulana nel paese quando questo era la stazione di arrivo e non di partenza, quando eravamo noi gli emigranti. Conosceremo le difficoltà di un popolo in terra straniera con la parentesi tragica del regime di Ceausescu e la repressione antiitaliana.

CARNIA IN MOVIMENTO * c.i.p. in loc. Museis 5/7 * 33020 CERCIVENTO UD * Tel. 0433 778822 fax 92330

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Effects of Low Habitual Cocoa Intake on Blood Pressure and Bioactive Nitric Oxide

Effects of Low Habitual Cocoa Intake on Blood Pressure and Bioactive Nitric Oxide

A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dirk Taubert, MD, PhD; Renate Roesen, PhD; Clara Lehmann, MD; Norma Jung, MD; Edgar Schömig, MD

JAMA. 2007;298:49-60.

Context Regular intake of cocoa-containing foods is linked to lower cardiovascular mortality in observational studies. Short-term interventions of at most 2 weeks indicate that high doses of cocoa can improve endothelial function and reduce blood pressure (BP) due to the action of the cocoa polyphenols, but the clinical effect of low habitual cocoa intake on BP and the underlying BP-lowering mechanisms are unclear.

Objective To determine effects of low doses of polyphenol-rich dark chocolate on BP.

Design, Setting, and Participants Randomized, controlled, investigator-blinded, parallel-group trial involving 44 adults aged 56 through 73 years (24 women, 20 men) with untreated upper-range prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension without concomitant risk factors. The trial was conducted at a primary care clinic in Germany between January 2005 and December 2006.

Intervention Participants were randomly assigned to receive for 18 weeks either 6.3 g (30 kcal) per day of dark chocolate containing 30 mg of polyphenols or matching polyphenol-free white chocolate.

Main Outcome Measures Primary outcome measure was the change in BP after 18 weeks. Secondary outcome measures were changes in plasma markers of vasodilative nitric oxide (S-nitrosoglutathione) and oxidative stress (8-isoprostane), and bioavailability of cocoa polyphenols.

Results From baseline to 18 weeks, dark chocolate intake reduced mean (SD) systolic BP by –2.9 (1.6) mm Hg (P < .001) and diastolic BP by –1.9 (1.0) mm Hg (P < .001) without changes in body weight, plasma levels of lipids, glucose, and 8-isoprostane. Hypertension prevalence declined from 86% to 68%. The BP decrease was accompanied by a sustained increase of S-nitrosoglutathione by 0.23 (0.12) nmol/L (P < .001), and a dark chocolate dose resulted in the appearance of cocoa phenols in plasma. White chocolate intake caused no changes in BP or plasma biomarkers.

Conclusions Data in this relatively small sample of otherwise healthy individuals with above-optimal BP indicate that inclusion of small amounts of polyphenol-rich dark chocolate as part of a usual diet efficiently reduced BP and improved formation of vasodilative nitric oxide.